Should I Delay My University Graduation?

I was able to land an off-cycle IB internship at a BB (my first ever IB internship), but it will delay my graduation by a year. Should I take the internship and not look back or should I just finish off the last year of my undergraduate degree?

Anything helps.

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I suggest taking the internship and delay. I delayed by a semester to start MSF and kinda consider the whole MSF the best kind of graduation delay, and it had a massive payoff.

JUST DO IT. Don't let your memes be dreams.
 

Weigh the pros and cons. If there are more pros when you take your internship plus you'll get better opportunities - I think it's better to delay your graduation.

 

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