<p>Thank you for your advise. My reasons for a gap-year are complicated. It has to do with both the colleges available to me right now(this is thing that first made me consider it) and the fact that I feel there are a lot of stuff that I never really had time for during high school. Plus, I wouldn't mind exploring my interests outside of the limited high school enviroment.</p>
<p>On a side note does anyone know of a long term volunteer opportunity or internship related to science or math(main interests). I can't seem to find anything that isn't for undergrads, for current high school students, or a month long. </p>
<p>In terms of other interest I guess you could say I'm pretty interested in politics, history, and engineering and have a mild interest in film(I'm an audio commentary nut and love learning about the decision making process behind everything but I never got the chance to take any classes related to it) and writing.</p>