Black-ish Actress, Yara Shahidi Plans To Defer College And It Is Totally Okay!

The Black-ish actress, 16, is aiming to gain acceptance letters from four top schools, including the prestigious Harvard University, but won’t be diving into her college studies straight away.
She tells People.com she is “planning on deferring at least a year”, just like U.S. President Barack Obama’s eldest daughter, Malia.
“I know when Malia Obama announced (she was deferring), she got a lot of slack, but I feel like what’s interesting is I know so many people that are deferring,” she tells People.com. “It’s more than to just roam around or just sit down and stare at a wall, but it will also give me an opportunity to work.
“I’ve been working more than half of my life and that’s always been balanced with school and all of the other responsibilities, so to have a year to focus on work and to focus on specified interests will be nice before I pick a career and choose what I want to study and my life path.”
Shadidi, who has also appeared in TV shows Scandal and The Fosters, as well as movies Salt and Alex Cross, is eager to enroll in a sociology course reports by Expose.ie.