<p>I'm a freshman in hs( going into sophmore year) and I just learned about something called gap years. I guess it's where you take a year off between college and hs to do something neat. So my question is, has anyone else considered taking a gap year, and if so what are you considering to do? Also, if you have done a gap year could you say what you did and why?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance :)</p>
<p>Me! I want to travel. So. Badly. You don’t even know. That, and actually have time to write.</p>
<p>During the year off, do you want to travel somewhere in particular?
I think I may want to do a service project of some sort, but I’m not sure. :)</p>
<p>I kinda want to go… everywhere? =P Seriously: seeing the world is the biggest thing on my bucket list. New Zealand is at the top of my list, though. Europe, of course, along with every other continent. </p>
<p>A service project would definitely be really cool, too. Somewhere in Africa or elsewhere…</p>
<p>I was really hoping to do a gap year in the middle east, but I’m a rising senior so that probably isn’t going to be very possible 
I’m still not at all sure about gap years, but I might start looking into service trips in Africa, especially the Maghreb region.</p>
<p>Gap year sounds cool…but I dont know where I’d find money to do a whole year of travelling. My parents wont give me the money to do that for sure!</p>
<p>I want to take a gap year to study in Germany. </p>
<p>If you look hard enough, their are scholarships for everything. </p>
<p>@smwhtslghtlydzed, The King’s Academy in Jordan has an intern program for gap year American High School Kids and you could learn Arabic/be in the middle east there. Currently the country is relatively safe.</p>
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Cool, I didn’t know that; I’ll look into it this weekend. Thanks so much for the suggestion!! :)</p>
<p>My cousin took a gap year and really liked it. She volunteered in India and wrote a book.</p>
<p>I would love to take a gap year, either before or after college. maybe both 
If it was before college, I’d probably use the summer prior and the fall/winter months to save and 2-3 months in Korean and an additional 2-3 months in Japan.</p>
<p>You guys should read this -
[Gap</a> Year Experience: Why More Teens Are Delaying College - TIME](<a href=“http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2015783,00.html]Gap”>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2015783,00.html)</p>
<p>I checked out The King’s Academy in Jordan, it seems amazing BUT I don’t want to have to stick with something for an entire year. A quarter yes, maybe a semester, but not an entire school year… Too bad. It looks very cool!</p>