Where are you getting this information? Sure, we'd all agree the former may not be preferable over the latter. But from what I THINK I've learned about Delta's app scoring (which determines to some degree the timing of an invite or complete lack of one), it ABSOLUTELY favors an on-time graduation over a delayed one. If you know otherwise, correct me. But false hopes don't do anyone any good...how to get an interview is a completely different matter than how to pass one.