Deferring an Acceptance for More Than One Year

Graduate School Law School
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<p>I am planning on applying to both law schools and Ph.D programs, and when confronted between two acceptances, say one from an outstanding Ph.D program and another from an outstanding law school, would it be possible for me to defer the law school acceptance until I earn my Ph.D?</p>

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<p>The best way to do this, as a practical matter, is to go for a joint degree. You will do a year or two of one or the other, and then start the one you haven’t yet begun. </p>

<p>On average, a Ph.D. in philosophy takes seven years in the US, and no law school is going to agree to keep a place open that long.</p>

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<p>That is exactly what I intend to do; however, I am referring to the circumstance in which I am admitted into (if fortune smiles at me) Yale Law and Harvard/MIT Philosophy - or pick two programs that are outstanding in their fields - and I have to decide.</p>

<p>I cannot work in any Ph.D program, unfortunately. Some programs have faculty expertise in some fields of philosophy, while others do not, which is why Yale Philosophy is not on the list of schools to which I plan to apply for my Ph.D.</p>

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<p>In the event you actually are accepted to Yale Law, you can petition to do a joint Ph.D. in philosophy with another school. See this link:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.law.yale.edu/outside/html/Academics/acad-joint.htm[/url]”>http://www.law.yale.edu/outside/html/Academics/acad-joint.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Wow! That is really helpful. Thanks:)</p>