Having an extra year of time relative to your age group might help you decide to get an advanced degree after college, and you never know what that can lead to.

Having an extra year of time relative to your age group might help you decide to get an advanced degree after college, and you never know what that can lead to. For example, I was committed to getting a master's degree after I graduated college a year early because of the perception of "free" time. That has led to my current career path as a security researcher, which wasn't a serious possibility before I started grad school.