gap year student

<p>i'm taking a gap year(i graduated high school this year and am taking this year off) and applying to universities through the common app 2010-2011 and have few questions:</p>

<p>a) for current year courses, should i list the courses that I studied my senior year?</p>

<p>b) under academics, there is a secondary education interruption section. do i check the gap year option? do i also check the did/will take time off option? then they ask me to provide a document in response to the question? is it here that i write an essay about how i am spending/spent my gap year? how long can it be?</p>