Gap year

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>What do you think of taking a year off between high school and college (opting for deferred matriculation/admission)? Are any of you considering it?</p>

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<p>whats the point unless you are a mormon on a mission?</p>

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<p>It's definitely an interesting thought but make sure you really know what you want to do before you tell colleges about it. Common ideas are language study abroad or community service...</p>

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<p>I think it's a really good idea, but you have to have a plan for it. don't just hang around at home.</p>

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<p>I've looked into deferred admission. What you do is you request a deferral after they accept you. I'm going to take a gap year and I've been careful not to talk about it on my applications--though during interviews it'll be a bit more difficult to keep my trap shut about my plans. :eek:</p>

<p>It's a good 8 or 9 months off, but I already have a pretty good idea of what I'm going to do during my "year off." I'm going to work on a farm and/or as an au pair in Norway for 6 months (or longer), then travel around Europe--or just the UK, depending on how the money situation is. (I have friends in Wales who might be willing to put me up if I go visit them.) Then I'll go to Ecuador, where my family will probably be living, to volunteer, study Quichua and brush up my Spanish before college.</p>

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Well, if you've got something interesting you'd like to do while you're still very young, or if you want to earn money for college... then, in my opinion, a gap year is the thing to do. It's pretty standard in Europe. :) (And I believe Mormons generally do their two-year missions after the freshman year of college, not after graduating from high school.)</p>

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<p>Gap year is a good idea. and Anniushka's right. I wouldn't want to wait till I'm 50 and realize that there was something I wanted to do but never did.
And it would do me alot of good, I'll barely be 16 when I go to college so a year off would make me a little older lol.</p>

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<p>^^Good point about the age. Colleges tend to be more supportive of a gap year for younger matriculants.</p>