Word: defers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...choice to defer--postponing graduate or professional school in favor of a short-term commitment--was an attractive option for many seniors. With the pressures of the "real world" looming, some chose to defer, while others have decided to leap directly into their long-term careers...
...John Finley Fellowship in some ways forced Manasantivongs' hand, prompting his deferral when he might have headed straight to graduate school. However, for most the decision to defer must be weighed against other options--including postponing the application process itself...
Expenses are an important factor for in many deferral decisions, since students who defer (application or admission) cannot postpone student loan payments until they start school again...
...make any judgements about why anindividual will defer," Morgan says. "We want toknow what that individual plans to do. We're lesslikely to grant [a deferral] if they have no ideawhat they want to do. If they have a time plan, aschedule, it's more positive and productive...
...last 10 years, Morgan says about 100 ofeach 540-member class have chosen to defer. "It'snot so many that you can perceive it," he says...