<p>well, i'm 16 now and i was contemplating just taking a gap year, which i might have done even if i was accepted, and applying to p'ton again next year. but next year they don't have ED which mean i'd have to wait until march again for the decision. :(</p>
<p>i was wondering if the chances that i'll get in next year are any better or worse, or if i should just go to some other school. is p'ton worth waiting a whole year?</p>
<p>I'm considering a gap year for reasons mostly unrelated to my Princeton rejection, but if I were to take one, I would apply again. The biggest issue I see with that is that I don't know if any of the colleges I've been accepted to would allow me to defer matriculation for a year if I'm applying to another university, and the thought of taking a year off without anything to come back to sort of scares me.</p>
<p>yeah, i know what you mean. i think they might not want to let you defer for a year unless you're sure you're going back to them. and then if you don't get in anywhere else next year, it's a lost gamble.</p>
<p>i guess you just call the unis and ask...</p>
<p>On the same note, is it ok to send it your deposit for college X, defer matriculation a year, but apply to somewhere like Princeton AGAIN?</p>
<p>There's a girl in the Pton group on facebook who was rejected... waited a year... did ED... and got in.</p>
<p>yeah, but there's no ED next year...</p>
<p>Well... the main point is that she got in. You ARE incredibly young.</p>
<p>I just posted a thread about this in the Parents' Forum. Some of it is pretty specific to my situation, but there might be something useful in it for you, too: Am</a> I crazy to be considering a gap year?</p>
<p>I know a freshman this year who had originally been rejected, took a gap year, and applied again. She didn't take the year off because of it, but when applications came around again, she realized that she had another opportunity to apply, and I guess that the university liked what she did with her time. I think that she did RD, but I could be wrong. I wouldn't take a year off just to apply a school again, though.</p>
<p>It completely depends on what you are planning on doing with your gap year. If you are going to go on some exotic adventure or cure cancer, or something else amazing, and were then to re-apply you would have a good shot. However, if you are just planning on taking a year off from school, the decision a year from now will likely be the same, because you would just be a kid with the same stats they didn't take that waited a year and applied again. Anyway, my point is, if you're going to do something AMAZING or really interesting with your gap year that would make you a more attractive applicant, then yeah it's worth it. Otherwise, it's a waste of time in my opinion.</p>
<p>Ditto to gettingin1. If you do something meaningful, it could be good.</p>
<p>I hate to troll for replies, but if anyone is interested, I posted more details in the thread I linked to... honestly, I appreciate any advice right now. :)</p>
<p>Didn't you get into another amazing school though, Camelia? I say just go and plunge into college life. Honestly, aren't you even a little tired of the craziness of the admissions process?</p>
<p>well, for the gap year i'd spend some time as an intern in UNHCR (South Africa) and the rest of the time at some other job here in Geneva, Switzerland. </p>
<p>but nelle, you have a point. i am tired of the admissions process and it's just really tiring so i don't know if i'd want to go through it all again.</p>
<p>lennni, you're in Geneva? My mom is working there right now (it's a temporary thing; she's been there for about a month and staying for another five) and I'm probably visiting her there in June. :)</p>
<p>that's awesome. we should meet up and i'll show you our beautiful</a> lake! :D</p>
<p>there was a thread from a parent some time ago (maybe even last year) that discussed how her/his child did the gap year and it worked out for him. It wasn't princeton though. I will try to find it.</p>
<p>I might take one. I just typed up a huge response and then I lost it, so the bottom line is that I could deffer U of Michigan for a year, get my test scores up, get my class rank up, and do a really good community service project for the next year (and I just thought of a really good idea for a project that would suit me perfectly :)) and reapply. This is of course if I think that I will have a good shot next year (which I thought I did this year), there is a possiblity that nobody got my midyear report because it was sent out so late (which really bugs me, as it was ready 3 weeks before it was sent out, they secretary just didn't tell me that he was having an issue that shouldn't have been an issue), and I had a good first semester that increased my rank and had good grades, and I think that it may have made me look like I had no interest if they didn't get it. So yeah, I can't call and ask about my app until Monday (stupid ivy mortorium or however you spell it) so I need to figure out what to do.</p>
<p>Edit: and I could apply to some schools that I really wish I had applied to, and I could get my times down in track and cross country, allowing me to possibly get recruited. The recruited thing might be enough to change my application as it is. I should probably talk to the coaches to see what they think, and maybe talk to some sort of college councilor who actually knows about these things.</p>
<p>ungst, that is a great idea about getting your times up.</p>
<p>I already know exactly what I would do if I were to take a gap year. I think mission work is probably the best thing you can do, but more so for the experience than for the way it looks on a college application.</p>
<p>My dad took a gap year, and toured Europe for 2 years (so...I guess he took...2) with a group called Up With People. The stories are incredible.</p>
