<p>I am accepting Cal spring over LA fall</p>
<p>ditto, i did too.. see you in extension? haha</p>
<p>Me three... but I'm not doing that Fall thing. (I've already taken a year off from school and I'm loving it. I would highly recommend taking some time off before college.)</p>
<p>FPF is cool... I made some of the closest friends from there.</p>
<p>i am!
and im doing fpf in the fall</p>
<p>i want to take some time off, but then again i don't want to get behind and half to graduate in more than four years
oh well, it's too late to take the fall semester off anyways since i already sent in my fpf deposit
hey, Kultur Wolf, what did you do during your time off? visit another country? get a job to save up some money? or some good ol bummin? last ones the best imo ;)</p>
<p>oops i think i meant have* not half sry</p>
<p>In recommending a semester off I am not degrading the Fall Program for Freshmen. That said, Cal has 30,000 students, so my theory is, you're going to make friends whether you attend FPF or not. </p>
<p>Obviously, most of my high school classmates went directly from high school to college, and most of them are loving their freshmen years. However, a few of us decided to take gap-years, and none of us have regreted doing so. </p>
<p>Since last June, I've lived and worked (on a farm) in Coalinga for four months, presented an animated film in Canada's National Art Center in Ottawa (and got to meet Canada's Prime Minister,) worked at the Barnes and Noble in Fresno for another four months, read over 30 books (most of which are "Great Books" from Ancient Greece and Rome; I hope to model my Berkeley education off Plato's ideal in The Republic,) and now I'm studying Chinese in Southwest China. This summer I hope to drive across the U.S. with my brother (inspired by Jack Keruoac's On The Road,) and next semester I hope to work at a school, participate in Fresno's Civil War Reenactment, and run a marathon in Sacramento (I've already signed up.)</p>
<p>Personally, I think taking a gap-year can be a better educational experience for many graduating seniors. (I think my other gap-year friends would whole-heartedly agree with this.) Obviously, taking a year or semester off has not yet hit the mainstream in the United States, and I'm sure some parents do not find this option acceptable (my parents were not keen on it either) but in my experience, those who chose to tackle "the real world" before heading back to school generally have a better idea of what they want in life, how the world actually works, and why they (eventually) go to college.</p>