<p>pros, cons, thoughts, experiences, opinions, etc.</p>
<p>Gap years in my opinion are not often about just doing it to reapply because you didn't get into top colleges. That doesn't work for many. Everyone talks about Andison who had extraordinary stats and ECs so something went really wrong the first go round.</p>
<p>The year should be well planned. I divided mine up into work for $$, work I love and travel and fun. Of course 9 months was the work for $$ part, but you really have 14 or 15 months. I volunteered, tried out 2 carrers that interest me, made lots of money towards college and get to spend the last 3 months travelling with HS friends.</p>
<p>I was into college though, so no stress there.</p>