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by cl13 » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:25 pm
For those who are thinking of deferring this year, I'm matriculating this year after a one year deferral.
I got a chance to speak with the administrator at last year's ASW and I left with the impression that there isn't really a value judgment on what you do during a deferral, maybe just that you spent the time well. To paraphrase, they want you to be able to decide when you are ready to enroll. She mentioned examples of people who had jobs to continue, or internships, or even just wanted to travel the world, etc. It's definitely in your interest to have a good plan though, makes for less anxiety overall. The cost was a $500 deposit with everyone else, $300 to defer, and maybe another one this summer.
There is also a readmission process, contacted in mid-January with all of the paperwork due in mid-February. It's basically a statement/letter of your activities since the deferral, a recommendation letter from current employer/professor, and a couple of forms. I'm expecting my enrollment packet soon, though that isn't to say I haven't at times been nervous about getting unadmitted or forgotten somehow in the last year. Also for what it's worth, I wasn't doing anything particularly grand or noble over my deferral period.
