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Over here I would say at least 1/3 of students take a gap year before returning to Uni. Many of them work some travel but it is highly common. Universitys have also started favouring those who gap year to volunteer or travel. My friend went to work in a hostel in France for a year for people with mental health problems and got offered a top spot for medicine on condition he took this year out. another on of my friends just worked to save uo for Uni, I know people who have gone and worked in a ski chalet for a year. Gives you something more than just education.

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Issue with this: That's the UK. The UK does a LOT of things differently than the US.

Taking a year to travel/volunteer is one thing, but many who take a year, end up falling into a drug life, or a sex life, that Uni's would NOT favor.

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Over here I would say at least 1/3 of students take a gap year before returning to Uni. Many of them work some travel but it is highly common. Universitys have also started favouring those who gap year to volunteer or travel. My friend went to work in a hostel in France for a year for people with mental health problems and got offered a top spot for medicine on condition he took this year out. another on of my friends just worked to save uo for Uni, I know people who have gone and worked in a ski chalet for a year. Gives you something more than just education.

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Issue with this: That's the UK. The UK does a LOT of things differently than the US.  

Taking a year to travel/volunteer is one thing, but many who take a year, end up falling into a drug life, or a sex life, that Uni's would NOT favor.

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Just because you are not in education does not mean your're going to fall into drug activity. Thats ridiculous...and sex life....so what. Just becuase someone is having sex doesn't mean they are not going back to Uni.

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Just because you are not in education does not mean your're going to fall into drug activity. Thats ridiculous...and sex life....so what. Just becuase someone is having sex doesn't mean they are not going back to Uni.

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Oh my Goddess. I said that, in a lot of the cases, that DOES happen. I didn't say it WOULD. Please to not put words in my mouth, okay?

And by 'sex life', I meant...prositution. Whore-like behavior. Not your normal sex life.

But, schools around here, would prefer you went straight into the Program. Those who 'muck around', as they put it, aren't exactly well welcomed.

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Just because you are not in education does not mean your're going to fall into drug activity. Thats ridiculous...and sex life....so what. Just becuase someone is having sex doesn't mean they are not going back to Uni.

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Oh my Goddess. I said that, in a lot of the cases, that DOES happen. I didn't say it WOULD. Please to not put words in my mouth, okay?

And by 'sex life', I meant...prositution. Whore-like behavior. Not your normal sex life.

But, schools around here, would prefer you went straight into the Program. Those who 'muck around', as they put it, aren't exactly well welcomed.

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I don't see what mucking around has to do with it some people just are not ready for Uni straight out of school, some people are still very immature, some people have been working hard for 18 years and want to see the world, some people cannot afford Uni straight out of school and have to save up some money in a job to pay for living costs. I think that decision 'Right I'm not quite ready for college I will defer a year' would be a lot mroe beneficial to the college then someone who went just because it was the done thing and then dropped out half way through because they realised they were not ready.

And I don't know whereabouts you live, but it is very rare that someone taking a year out will go into prositution, unless they were vunerable to that sort of activity anyway.

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I have a 4.2 GPA and graduated 7th out of my class of 414. I know that I have very high opportunities out there, but I didn't apply to one of the colleges that I wanted to go to and I rejected another that I would have liked to go to. The two options remaining aren't those that I feel I'm informed enough to take.

I feel like I'm being pressured into going to college just for the sake of going to college. I want to be in a place where I truly feel like it's another home to me, and right now I'm just being pushed into doing something too quickly.

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Yeah... I'm not going into prostitution.  

I have a 4.2 GPA and graduated 7th out of my class of 414. I know that I have very high opportunities out there, but I didn't apply to one of the colleges that I wanted to go to and I rejected another that I would have liked to go to. The two options remaining aren't those that I feel I'm informed enough to take.  

I feel like I'm being pressured into going to college just for the sake of going to college. I want to be in a place where I truly feel like it's another home to me, and right now I'm just being pushed into doing something too quickly.  

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As I have said it's more beneficial to both you and the college you go to, to be fully prepared and content with the decision you make. If you feel like you are being pressured into going to college do not give in. If you feel another year would faciliate you and your studies then do it and apply to somewhere you really want to go. After all it's alot of money and time wasted for somewhere you find mediocre.

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Just because you are not in education does not mean your're going to fall into drug activity. Thats ridiculous...and sex life....so what. Just becuase someone is having sex doesn't mean they are not going back to Uni.  
 

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 Oh my Goddess. I said that, in a lot of the cases, that DOES happen. I didn't say it WOULD. Please to not put words in my mouth, okay?  

 And by 'sex life', I meant...prositution. Whore-like behavior. Not your normal sex life.  

 But, schools around here, would prefer you went straight into the Program. Those who 'muck around', as they put it, aren't exactly well welcomed.

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I don't see what mucking around has to do with it some people just are not ready for Uni straight out of school, some people are still very immature, some people have been working hard for 18 years and want to see the world, some people cannot afford Uni straight out of school and have to save up some money in a job to pay for living costs. I think that decision 'Right I'm not quite ready for college I will defer a year' would be a lot mroe beneficial to the college then someone who went just because it was the done thing and then dropped out half way through because they realised they were not ready.

And I don't know whereabouts you live, but it is very rare that someone taking a year out will go into prositution, unless they were vunerable to that sort of activity anyway.  

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Mucking around has a lot to do with it. Many colleges see your year off, unless with a granted aspect of volunteering, or helping some poor, third world country, as mucking around. As taking a year off. As doing the uncessary. As the unexpected. As the unacceptable.

I think that decision 'Right I'm not quite ready for college I will defer a year' would be a lot mroe beneficial to the college then someone who went just because it was the done thing and then dropped out half way through because they realised they were not ready.

If that were the case, then why do colleges STRIVE for people to join, RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL? Why do they PUSH it, so bad? In High School, hell, in MIDDLE SCHOOL, that's all you hear. College this, college that. Starting in the elementary level, you're pushed to your major. You're pushed to put a decision on life, a stamp, of sorts, if only a temporary one, to show an interest in college.

And I don't know whereabouts you live, but it is very rare that someone taking a year out will go into prositution, unless they were vunerable to that sort of activity anyway.

Sheesh. I didn't say it would happen, again. But it could. Without college, these days, you're petty much fucked/screwed. You cannot find a good paying job on a high school degree. Hell,e ven those with GEDs are striving. You pretty much have to have a college degree to get anywhere. And, if you take a year off, what are you to do, if you can't get a job? You resort to the lowest forms, as it's the only way.

Yeah... I'm not going into prostitution.

I have a 4.2 GPA and graduated 7th out of my class of 414. I know that I have very high opportunities out there, but I didn't apply to one of the colleges that I wanted to go to and I rejected another that I would have liked to go to. The two options remaining aren't those that I feel I'm informed enough to take.

I feel like I'm being pressured into going to college just for the sake of going to college. I want to be in a place where I truly feel like it's another home to me, and right now I'm just being pushed into doing something too quickly

Your grades are a sign that you SHOULD go to college RIGHT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. You could lose that knowledge, in that year off. You could lose that status. You don't want that, because, the second it's gone, it's not coming back.

And, as for the pressure, suck it up. That's a part of life. You've got to look past the pressure. End of story. It's a part of growing up. Either suck it up, or fuck off.

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So I decided to take a year or two away from school to figure out what I want to do, and plan out everything before I get into college, that way I won't take the risk of getting a major I changed my mind about.

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Ever hear about planning? Jumping right into college isn't always the smartest thing to do. Some people know exactly what they want to do after High School, and there are those people like me who have no clue on what they want to do with their lives.

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While you may not think it's the smartest thing to do, colleges expect you to do it.

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So I decided to take a year or two away from school to figure out what I want to do, and plan out everything before I get into college, that way I won't take the risk of getting a major I changed my mind about.

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Colleges would rather one flip flop around in their major (they get money out of it), so they can say, "We have so and so in our Field". Also, like I said, colleges know that, those who take a year off, come back even more confused, and even more lost, so they prefer, and look at those who go straight into it.

You start knowing what you want to do in early elementary. It's sad, but true. You're pushed into college, from the day you're born.

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Ever hear about planning? Jumping right into college isn't always the smartest thing to do. Some people know exactly what they want to do after High School, and there are those people like me who have no clue on what they want to do with their lives.

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While you may not think it's the smartest thing to do, colleges expect you to do it.

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So I decided to take a year or two away from school to figure out what I want to do, and plan out everything before I get into college, that way I won't take the risk of getting a major I changed my mind about.

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Colleges would rather one flip flop around in their major (they get money out of it), so they can say, "We have so and so in our Field". Also, like I said, colleges know that, those who take a year off, come back even more confused, and even more lost, so they prefer, and look at those who go straight into it.

You start knowing what you want to do in early elementary. It's sad, but true. You're pushed into college, from the day you're born.

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...what?

Isn't taking a year off and reevaluating your life something that can be seen as mature? How would I be more confused if I had a year to think about something?

And I don't think I'd get dumber. You don't loose IQ or personality just like that. :/

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Ever hear about planning? Jumping right into college isn't always the smartest thing to do. Some people know exactly what they want to do after High School, and there are those people like me who have no clue on what they want to do with their lives.

So I decided to take a year or two away from school to figure out what I want to do, and plan out everything before I get into college, that way I won't take the risk of getting a major I changed my mind about.

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Agreed completley everyone is different. someone said deal with the pressure but I know so many people who have thought they were dealing with it by jumping into uni and have cracked half way through and realised it wasn't for them.

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Quote: from TigressaLynnMae at 4:01 pm on Aug. 3, 2008

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Ever hear about planning? Jumping right into college isn't always the smartest thing to do. Some people know exactly what they want to do after High School, and there are those people like me who have no clue on what they want to do with their lives.

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 While you may not think it's the smartest thing to do, colleges expect you to do it.  

 

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So I decided to take a year or two away from school to figure out what I want to do, and plan out everything before I get into college, that way I won't take the risk of getting a major I changed my mind about.  
 

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 Colleges would rather one flip flop around in their major (they get money out of it), so they can say, "We have so and so in our Field". Also, like I said, colleges know that, those who take a year off, come back even more confused, and even more lost, so they prefer, and look at those who go straight into it.  

 You start knowing what you want to do in early elementary. It's sad, but true. You're pushed into college, from the day you're born.

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...what?

Isn't taking a year off and reevaluating your life something that can be seen as mature? How would I be more confused if I had a year to think about something?

And I don't think I'd get dumber. You don't loose IQ or personality just like that. :/

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Who the hell really knows what they want to be from elementary school. I thought I did to be fair....I was all for being an actor and that is the field I would have gone into if I had just gone from school. However I took some time out realised that it wasn't a realistic goal and decided to do something much more worthwhile. A year is a long time and people mature greatly in that time.

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...what?

Isn't taking a year off and reevaluating your life something that can be seen as mature? How would I be more confused if I had a year to think about something?

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It's why they have you go to 13 years of school, in a row. Once you stop, you lose a bit of what you know. It's not about IQ (as you mention below). It's about Common Knowledge. One plus One may stick, but the square root of pi could easily be lost. Taking a year off is actually seen as the opposite of mature. It's looked down upon, by many Universities. And, sadly so, many Universities tend to look down upon adults reentering the system, for whatever reason they may be.

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And I don't think I'd get dumber. You don't loose IQ or personality just like that. :/

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But you do lose perception and knowledge.

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Who the hell really knows what they want to be from elementary school. I thought I did to be fair....I was all for being an actor and that is the field I would have gone into if I had just gone from school. However I took some time out realised that it wasn't a realistic goal and decided to do something much more worthwhile. A year is a long time and people mature greatly in that time.

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While you may not know your TRUE Goal/Major, it's still pushed upon you that you know SOMETHING of what you want to do with your life.

I don't believe people can mature, or immature, greatly, in over a year. It takes time for maturity, and immaturity to express itself. Far more than a year, on psychological levels.

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