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<p>Your family is “very low income.” You have “some money” saved up from a summer job. How exactly is it going to make you a stronger person to blow your limited savings on a gap year???</p>
<p>You want to become a stronger individual? Attend one of the three excellent schools that admitted you . . . and use your summer savings to pay some of your expenses!</p>
<p>Taking a gap year is either a luxury (for students whose families can afford it) or a necessity (for students who have no other option). You don’t have unlimited resources and you DO have other options! </p>
<p>Applying to college is not the same as dining out at a fancy restaurant . . . you don’t get to pick and choose lobster over shrimp or sirloin over strip steak. College selection is NOT within your control . . . as much as you thought that you were making the choice when you put together your college list, in the end, it is the colleges that make the decision, and not the other way around. Yes, there are lots of other schools out there that are absolutely wonderful - but there’s absolutely no guarantee that you’d be admitted to any of them.</p>
<p>You want to be a stronger individual? Go to college and get started with your life!</p>