Many students when asked “Where are you planning on going to college” hesitate because they don’t know what they want for the future. Those students then come to the decision to go to college undecided or take a gap year. Although needing time to decide what you want for the future isn't the only good reason for taking a gap year. There are lots of pros and cons with taking a gap year after high school. Should you consider taking a gap year?
There are many benefits that taking a gap year could provide. Taking a gap year will give you lots of opportunities that you won’t get going to college right after high school. One reason is needing more time and experience to decide what you want for your future career. You can use the time to volunteer or take on an internship. An extra year will give you more time to reflect and focus on what you want. Another reason is traveling. A gap year can be the perfect time to travel and see the world before you go to college and start your career. A third reason is so you can prepare for college. Whether you need time to mentally prepare yourself for more years of school or financially wise.
While there are lots of benefits there are some downsides. One downside to gap years is lost earning potential. A gap year will set your schooling back a year meaning you will start your career later therefore losing out on possible money. Another disadvantage is losing academic momentum. During high school you get used to going to class, taking tests, writing papers, and other homework. Taking a gap year could throw off your studying skills. Getting back on the school routine could be challenging.
If I was a senior right now, I would take a gap year. I don’t know what I want for my future career so it would benefit me more to take a gap year instead of going to college undecided. I would spend the year exploring different possible jobs I would be interested in to get a feel for what I like and what I don’t. That way I can be certain I will be happy with the job I go into.
Would you take a gap year if so how would you benefit from it?
How would you spend your gap year?
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Great topic choice and super job Emeri!
If someone were to take gap year, I think it benifits them in many ways. They could travel/see the world and or experience things they couldn't in school or where they currentily live. They could go and learn things they could never fully understand if they were to stay for that year.
I think a gap year can really benefit someone because in that year they have plenty of time to get a job that may interest them. So in that time, they have a lot of time to decide whether or not they even need college or if they should just stay working full time.
I think a lot of people could benefit from a gap year because during that Gap year you could get a job and get money for college so you're not in debt. But I personally would not like to do a gap year because it's just taking longer for me to get a real job and I don't really want to wait much longer for college.
I think that a gap year would be very beneficial to me because it would give me extra time to really decide what I want to do with my life. Having a gap year would give me the opportunities to get a job and earn money to help pay for college fines or loans that I would have later on. For some people it would be really beneficial, but for others it could make them less interested in ever going to college because they like life better without schooling.
The extra time a gap year will give you would definitely help think through decisions about what you want for your future career. It cold also help your future by lessening the amoust of debt you have after college. There is actually quite a few people who just never go back to school because they lost interest.
I think that a gap year can be very beneficial for people, if you make it beneficial. Some people would probably just find a decent job, and kinda sit around, losing money. But, if you really work hard, and research what you think you will want to do, a gap year would be great. Especially because so many people go into college not really knowing what they want to do, and they just waste money on classes they don't need to take.
I think that is a very good way to think about taking a gap year. You have to actually work for it to become what you need, it won't all just fall into your lap one day. People could also start out the year wiith a plan but never actually get anywhere because they never feel like it and start to procrastinate and never get anything acomplished.
I think that the gap year is very benefitial for a lot of people, I personally would find myself procrastinating going to college if I enjoy my newfound freedom too much. I also value a schedule so it will be hard to break out of habits I built up during that year. I think that the only time I would take a gap year is if I don't know what college I would want to go to.
I think that for me I wouldn't have a huge problem going back to school after a gap year because I like to plan everything ahead, so I wouldn't be able to just not go back. You made a very interesting point with how sometimes people know what they want to major in but need more time to figure where they want to go to college. They need to look at different schools programs and even take into account what scholarships they have for each school.
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