WE and Deferring
Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 3:26 pm
So I'm thinking about potentially deferring admissions until next year.
I've been out of school for more than 1 year. Since then, I've been working in a job not within my major (was too busy w/ personal stuff, didn't apply to any jobs within my major), but I've recently started a full time job as an engineer. If I go to law school this year, I'll have 1/2 of a year of FT engineering WE. My question is, would it be worth it to defer admissions so that I have 1+1/2 years of FT WE as an engineer? I'm also wondering if law firms will see me as a job hopper if I only work 1/2 a year as an engineer before starting law school (i.e. negatively affect me during EIP/OCI).
My current goal is Columbia -> Biglaw.
Thank you in advance for your opinions, fellow TLSers.
I've been out of school for more than 1 year. Since then, I've been working in a job not within my major (was too busy w/ personal stuff, didn't apply to any jobs within my major), but I've recently started a full time job as an engineer. If I go to law school this year, I'll have 1/2 of a year of FT engineering WE. My question is, would it be worth it to defer admissions so that I have 1+1/2 years of FT WE as an engineer? I'm also wondering if law firms will see me as a job hopper if I only work 1/2 a year as an engineer before starting law school (i.e. negatively affect me during EIP/OCI).
My current goal is Columbia -> Biglaw.
Thank you in advance for your opinions, fellow TLSers.