Applicants who are admitted but are unable to register for the quarter to which they were admitted, may request a Deferral for the following year or the following quarter within the same academic year.  The department must pre-approve the deferral request. A deferral is not a guarantee of admission. The deferred application will be considered along with the next year's applicant pool.

To activate the application for admission in the subsequent academic year the applicant must notify the department and submit a statement of activities and official transcript for any academic work taken since the first application.  No application fee will be required.

Deferred application files are retained for approximately one year from the quarter for which the applicant was admitted.  Deferred applicants are allowed one reactivation of the application. Reapplication for admission after this period may be made only by completing a new application and providing all necessary documents, including payment of the graduate application fee.  Use the same email and password to facilitate the application process.

Applications not reactivated within a year will need to reapply.