<p>Is anybody taking off a year in between high school and college to travel or something else?</p>
<p>I mentioned the possibility of taking a gap year to my parents, and they asked me if I had gone mad.</p>
<p>^Same here! My mom called gap years a waste of time. I want to be a doctor though, so if I don’t take one, I’ll be younger when I graduate residency.</p>
<p>@bryanwalt, I know a few people who’ve done them and said that they were incredibly enriching. Good luck to you if you’re taking one!</p>
<p>Haha I wish. My parents told me they aren’t paying for college if I do one. They think it’s a waste of time and they think I’ll get lazy and not go to college.</p>
<p>I’m thinking about it, but I’m also younger than practically everyone in my class.</p>
<p>Same. I’ll be 17 until like two weeks before college :p</p>
<p>My parents are the ones trying to convince me to take a gap year. XD</p>
<p>I’m a junior right now but I’m like 50% sure i’m gonna do one. Me and my best friend want to go to South America for six months and then I want to come back in January and get EMT-B certified. </p>
<p>My parents really don’t care. They sort of encourage it actually.</p>
<p>I’ve been thinking about it. I’m not going to be 18 until well into my freshman year, but at the same time, I don’t want to be a year’s salary behind compared to my HS classmates. </p>
<p>I would go back to Asia to spend genuine time with my father and develop my Chinese. Otherwise I’m not sure what I would do…</p>
<p>I want to go travel Europe or live in Colorado for a year or maybe just a semester</p>