So my mom decided to just call her marriage with my father quits and get divorced (why can’t I get a break…). As of now, due to the family situation seems as if I have to take a gap year moving out of the house with my mother and resettling somewhere. How can I make a gap year productive for colleges?
Work, volunteer?
Or you can go to college on a full ride, if Tuskegee or PVAMU still has money left. Or UAH on full tuition plus housing plus some work earnings.
If you are thinking of going to a prestige college with financial aid, note that most of them require both parents’ finances (usually with the CSS Noncustodial Profile for the one you do not live with). Because divorce is bad for parental finances, and divorced parents may be uncooperative, your chances of being able to afford college other than on merit scholarships is lower.
Are you a U.S. citizen or green card holder? What about your mom?
@thumper1 US Citizen. Mom is green card
@bodangles Where? I already have a job tutoring kids, but that isn’t like a world changing experience or anything. From what I know, gap year is horrible on college chances
@Dankjewel So when did you get your citizenship?
@GloriaVaughn I was born a citizen
@Dankjewel you wrote this in November 2015.
Please…which is it? You SAID you were not a U.S. citizen.
@thumper1 It was to disclose my identity (and b/c back then, my citizenship status was unsure b/c of military service), but doesn’t matter now as some of my friends know my CC handle
Speaking of which, should I just go do my military service for two years?
Perhaps instead of a gap year, you should use the time to fulfill your Korean military service requirement.
You could do your Korean Military service…which you need to do to maintain your Korean citizenship.
But really…you didn’t KNOW your citizenship status as a HS student?
The military service would have been to maintain your Korean citizenship…not your U.S. citizenship.
@thumper1 My parents were going to make me renounce either my Korean or US citizenship at that time (to get me out of service either way–Korean single citizenship owners cannot be held collateral for citizenship while abroad)
I decided to keep both and do service in Korea
@thumper1 Actually, the last statement is kind of both
How does leaving the country for,this military service affect this kiddo’s dual citizenship?
Dude… after reading your Vanderbilt post, I have to say – it isn’t all about you.
Anyway – I don’t see why you would have to take a gap year. The types of schools you are talking about require financial info from both parents, whether your parents are married or not. They will admit you this fall or not. It is 9 months until college starts in the fall. Have you applied to your state flagship in the state you live in now? That could still be an option, since it sounds like your dad will still live there.
I’m speaking as a parent who divorced late in D1’s junior year of HS. (Finalized senior year) It didn’t derail her from going to college.
i’m not happymomof1, but I do have dual citizenship in 2 countries and that means I can travel freely between them.
I would be surprised if that is not the case here.
@menloparkmom I can travel freely, but not for more that 3 months a year in Korea if I don’t want to do service
The stipulations are super complicated since the new citizenship law
@intparent You’re saying I’m the problem?