Defer at CLS for $60k Forum

[Law1177]

I am an enrolled student planning on entering Columbia this fall. However, I have been given the option to defer for a year in exchange for an additional $60k in aid. Is this worth delaying my career for another year? I feel like I am ready to move on, and would have to figure out what to do for the next year, but lowering my debt by $60k would indeed be very nice.

What should I do?

[talons2250]

I would take the deferment only if I was already in a job I liked in a location I liked where I could just seamlessly continue in that job for another year before starting law school. But I'm less debt averse than other people on TLS.

[Dcc617]

Take the free money

[ksm6969]

One other consideration would be that many people are expecting 2023 to be a bloodbath in terms of hiring . Of course these things are crazy hard to predict though

[Law1177]

Thanks everyone so far!

Another thing I also want to note is that deferring would be binding, and I would have to withdraw from the HLS waitlist.