Hippogriff

Thank you very much for your answers. BTW, I've not been very specific about the reason and only talked about a "problematic family situation" that "makes impossible for me to move and study at your university" (it was actually a problem of my family firm that required a massive outflow of money and a lot of work). I talked also with the department, and they didn't seem to be upset; but who knows? However, I think that your idea to write something in the SOP is not bad at all. Particularly since I think I've grown since last year from an academic point of view: now I've research experience and a better idea of what I want to study.

This is my first post, soI'm not 100% sure that this is the right part of the forum. BTW, last year I applied for many master degrees with quite good results. Since money was not a problem, I accepted the offer from the best university (without any funding). Unfortunately, only a month before the beginning of studies, I had to "deregister" (I've never been actually enrolled) from the program due to a totally unexpected mix of events. I tried to obtain a deferral, but the only accepted reason was illness (and this was not my case). Since the problematic situation is coming to an end, I'm planning to reapply this fall. Hence, my question is pretty simple: do you think that I will be automatically rejected by the schools that accepted me last year? And what about the university that I deregistered from? Since my profile improved I'm changing a bit the reach/target universities, but at least 50% of the new list would be equal to last year ones. Thank you