Congratulations on your admission to one of our visiting student programs! With that said, we know that life happens and for a variety of reasons, you may need to delay your program attendance. In that case, you can request to defer your admission to the following semester. Please email us at visiting-student@berkeley.edu for more information.
Once you decide to defer, please email us at visiting-student@berkeley.edu to confirm your interest. We will then advise you on how to cancel for the current semester and submit a deferral request, described below.
When the following semester's application window opens, we will ask you to submit a deferral application with your updated information. You will be prompted to upload a more recent transcript if applicable. Please submit your deferral application by the deadline provided in the email that you will receive near the start of the next semester's application window (around February/March or July/August).
Once we receive your deferral application, we will review the updated information and release a decision. In general, most students are granted a deferral, but we still ask that students undergo a second review before being formally offered a seat in the following semester.
If you decide to defer your admission or have any questions or concerns about this process, please kindly reach out to us at visiting-student@berkeley.edu.