Defer?
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:41 pm
So I will preface this by saying, yes, I realize this is a kind of a high-class "problem" I have, but I'd appreciate the feedback.
I applied to a number of schools last year and was accepted at several. Not big Top 10 names or whatever, but strong regional schools. I declined the acceptances because of some changes in my family's financial circumstances, and I've spent the past year helping them out a bit and saving up more for school this year. Now I've just submitted applications again, and I've just now found out that at my current position, I've been offered a substantial promotion. Pros: It that would give me great professional experience and contacts in the areas I'm most interested in for a legal career. Cons: It would force me to decline any acceptances *again* and then reapply at some of the same schools for a *third* time next year. Also, although the promotion is awesome, this is as high as I will get where I am currently working, so it's a great job but not a substitute for the law school plan.
Writing this, it seems like it would be too risky to decline another acceptance--assuming I get one this year anyway--only to reapply again for 2012-2013 and have to explain in an addendum to the admissions committee why I seem so uncommitted to law school. I could be applying for a third time to a school where I've already declined an offer twice--why would they believe me this time? (Very helpfully, the schools in my area, almost without exception, do not offer deferments under any circumstances.)
Any thoughts from all you experts out there? Thanks!
I applied to a number of schools last year and was accepted at several. Not big Top 10 names or whatever, but strong regional schools. I declined the acceptances because of some changes in my family's financial circumstances, and I've spent the past year helping them out a bit and saving up more for school this year. Now I've just submitted applications again, and I've just now found out that at my current position, I've been offered a substantial promotion. Pros: It that would give me great professional experience and contacts in the areas I'm most interested in for a legal career. Cons: It would force me to decline any acceptances *again* and then reapply at some of the same schools for a *third* time next year. Also, although the promotion is awesome, this is as high as I will get where I am currently working, so it's a great job but not a substitute for the law school plan.
Writing this, it seems like it would be too risky to decline another acceptance--assuming I get one this year anyway--only to reapply again for 2012-2013 and have to explain in an addendum to the admissions committee why I seem so uncommitted to law school. I could be applying for a third time to a school where I've already declined an offer twice--why would they believe me this time? (Very helpfully, the schools in my area, almost without exception, do not offer deferments under any circumstances.)
Any thoughts from all you experts out there? Thanks!