Circumstances may arise that prevent you from enrolling for the term specified on your offer of admission. In such cases, a deferral of admission may be warranted. Deferrals may be granted for one full academic year to students beginning their studies at Laurier for the first time.

Rules of Deferment

• You must have an offer of admission to an undergraduate program.
• You must satisfy all conditions listed on your offer of admission. 
• You can defer for one academic year and 101 applicants cannot defer for any term other than fall.
• If you enrol in academic courses at another postsecondary education institution during your deferment, your offer of admission will be voided. You will have to reapply to Laurier and disclose any new academic information.
• If you return to high school during your deferment, you must submit an updated transcript and you may be reassessed for an updated scholarship.
• Entrance scholarships are deferred.
• Deferrals are not available to applicants admitted to the Faculty of Music except by special permission from the dean.
• Deferrals are not available to applicants with offers to the LEAF program.

Deferral Process Checklist

1. Confirm your offer of admission. Please see your official offer letter on LORIS for further details.
2. Submit the Offer of Admission Deferral Request Form and submit the $60 non-refundable administrative fee by cheque only to the Recruitment and Admissions Office mailing address by the deadline indicated below. Please make cheques payable to Wilfrid Laurier University.
3. Reconfirm your intent to enrol by submitting the Confirmation of Readmission Form: Deferred Applicants, which will be emailed to you.
4. If you wish to live in residence beginning in a fall term, apply for residence and submit the non-refundable deposit by the June deadline of the academic year you will begin studying. For all other terms, contact housing@wlu.ca to inquire about space availability.
5. If you registered for courses for a term from which you are deferring, you must drop them in LORIS. 

Mailing Address

Recruitment and Admissions
Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada
N2L 3C5