<p>When I said a handful of programs, I meant actual programs, not entire fields. Most math programs will still not look down upon you if you take a gap year or so. Again, we’re not talking about decades. And as you are not really into research and high-powered academia, it definitely won’t be an issue. Perhaps the UChicago-Berkeley-Ivy crowd would be slightly biased, but you’d barely have to break below the top 10 and they’d be unconcerned. And since math is not one of the more insanely competitive fields like humanities, you’ll be fine, OP.</p>