<p>Anyone here planning on taking a year off before college? I've been considering spending a year either trying to work/travel in Europe or working in the City Year program (affiliated with AmeriCorps--their web site is <a href="http://www.cityyear.org)%5B/url%5D">http://www.cityyear.org)</a>.</p>
<p>It would be awesome, but no - I need that full time job before I can afford to travel the way I'd like to!</p>
<p>I am... I'm thinking about doing an internship for a semester then going abroad and learning and new language (plus teaching english)</p>
<p>"I need that full time job before I can afford to travel the way I'd like to"</p>
<p>Haha, word. There are programs whereby you can get temporary work permits for foreign countries, though, so that'll pay for part of it--as for the rest, that's what my current job money is for!</p>