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<p>In addition, it’s never going to be any less complicated to administer the process–to make sure the transcripts get sent, the teachers agree to do the recommendations and then send them, etc.–than it is when you’re in high school with the opportunity to see your teachers and your guidance counselor 5 days a week.</p>
<p>Yes^^ both kids applied to schools senior year. When oldest deferred, all of them stated they couldn’t hold place, she would need to reapply. ( they were all public schools).
She did reapply, was accepted again, but in the interim also decided to apply to a private school. ( which she attended)</p>
<p>Youngest just applied to two schools senior year, and although they were both public ( one OOS), they allowed her to defer, so I think taking a gap year is becoming much more commonplace.</p>
<p>I think allowing students to defer enrollment for a year is now quite common. My daughter applied to 5 universities–4 publics and our state flagship. All five would allow her to defer her enrollment for a gap year. </p>
<p>At the universities that offer merit aid, all but one of them defer a student’s scholarships, too. The exception for us was Brandeis, at which an offer of merit aid was valid for 8 semesters, beginning when the fall after your admission, and if you weren’t in college for part of that time, you forfeited that portion of your scholarship. But this may now be a moot point, since Brandeis has virtually eliminated merit aid not tied to need.</p>
<p>It should be noted, however, that a student who receives need-based aid from a college or university will have to reapply in the winter/spring before he or she begins school. You have to reapply for need-based aid every year whether you’re in school or not, because a family’s financial circumstances can change pretty dramatically, for better or worse, in a year.</p>
<p>Oh my goodness… Leap year is $34K</p>
<p>D1 had two high school friends who traveled together with LeapNow.
They took a PADI Divemaster course at the Great Barrier Reef and worked on a sheep station in Australia where they rode motorbikes to herd the sheep.
Their parents had the money to underwrite that sort of thing. ( however, they declined to adopt me). :(</p>
<p>Where there be Dragons, is a program we checked out for my youngest, but while it sounded really good, also one of those programs that if you have to ask the price? You probably can’t afford it.
[High</a> School Study Abroad Programs and Student Travel Programs](<a href=“http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/study/teen/educationalprograms.shtml]High”>High School Study Abroad Programs and Exchanges)</p>
<p>But you can piece together something to your budget & interests, it just takes more work than having it done for you.
Plus, the US is a big place, for someone from Seattle, working in NOLA, or Joplin, Mo., could be very exotic.</p>
<p>I also agree that working and ( hopefully saving money for college), is just as valuable for students who are looking for the perspective that an added year will give them.</p>