Is a deferral seat deposit worth it?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 5:49 am
Got a quick question for you guys on here.
I am a math and statistics major originally from Colorado. Always wanted to go to CU as I have solid connections in the area and such. I was wait listed originally and then accepted (with the please fill our class type scholarship). However, I accepted an awesome internship with an MLB team in baseball operations. This runs through October and pushes my enrollment back a year.
So my question is this, I figure it's about a 50% chance I parlay this into a full time job there or somewhere else and I do not go to law school. 25% chance I end up doing statistics grad school instead and 25% chance law.
So for a 25% chance of going to law school in 2014 is it worth $950 to ensure a seat? I'm 3.44/162 so really 50/50 if I reapply as GPA may drop to around 3.40. They obviously won't guarantee me that scholarship, and thus will probably not get one by deferring, where if reapplying I could roll the dice and hope for another soft admission cycle.
Or by them even offering a deferral to someone that is at least on the bottom 50-25% of offers, do they expect an even softer year next year, in which I could save the 950 (though would have admission fees again), and just reapply if I decide I am going for law?
I am a math and statistics major originally from Colorado. Always wanted to go to CU as I have solid connections in the area and such. I was wait listed originally and then accepted (with the please fill our class type scholarship). However, I accepted an awesome internship with an MLB team in baseball operations. This runs through October and pushes my enrollment back a year.
So my question is this, I figure it's about a 50% chance I parlay this into a full time job there or somewhere else and I do not go to law school. 25% chance I end up doing statistics grad school instead and 25% chance law.
So for a 25% chance of going to law school in 2014 is it worth $950 to ensure a seat? I'm 3.44/162 so really 50/50 if I reapply as GPA may drop to around 3.40. They obviously won't guarantee me that scholarship, and thus will probably not get one by deferring, where if reapplying I could roll the dice and hope for another soft admission cycle.
Or by them even offering a deferral to someone that is at least on the bottom 50-25% of offers, do they expect an even softer year next year, in which I could save the 950 (though would have admission fees again), and just reapply if I decide I am going for law?