<p>I took a gap year. Nothing makes you want to go back to school more than having to work.</p>
<p>i took a year off in the middle of my freshman year,
and found the meaning of life
i also (a) took a bunch of graduate-level math classes
(b) got a tutoring job
(c) volunteered a bit
(d) met crazy people on the internet
(e) lived homeless out of a car</p>
<p>at the end i was substantially less depressed
and very glad to be back at school
you start noticing all the little things about college
like how good conversation is always within walking distance
and how easy classes are compared to finding the meaning of life 
my gap year was honestly the best thing to ever happen to me.
it really changed me as a person,
probably because the whole point of my gap year
was that i had to change somehow.
but your mileage may vary.</p>
<p>i’m kind of skeptical of the whole writing thing,
like what if halfway through the year
you decide your book idea sucks
but i guess writing is a high risk profession by nature
and if you really really want to write that book
you gotta do it sometime
why not now ;)</p>
<p>oh the other thing,
you’ve been talking about transferring so maybe this doesn’t matter so much to you,
but when i left school my friends didn’t keep in touch with me much,
and by the time i came back we were estranged
so bear in mind the risk that when you leave,
your friends will grow closer to each other
and farther from you.
(then again if your friends suck this is a good opportunity to make new ones)</p>
<p>good luck,
whatever you decide to do</p>
<p>haha plattsburghloser. i want to take those classes.
and thanks, fizix2… was it just weird with your friends because you hadn’t kept in touch, or were they ****ed or whatever and uninterested in hanging out anymore?</p>
<p>i think it was the keeping in touch thing,
i kind of felt like an outsider
also because i quickly made new friends</p>