<p>My son is in his senior year right now. He didn’t get into the top colleges of his choice. He is thinking to take a gap year and reapply.
Did anybody here have the same situation? </p>
<p>I heard that some colleges don’t give admission to those who apply second time. Is that true?
Please give some feedback here. Thank you!</p>
<p>You will find a lot of conversation on the topic of Gap Year by going over to Parents Forum (not parents cafe), and click on the button at top right called ‘Search This Thread.’</p>
<p>Type in the words “gap year” and use quotations around the two words so it’s a full phrase.</p>
<p>You’ll find many pages with threads that include discussion, for example a recent one called “Why is CC in love with gap year?” plus others earlier.</p>
<p>Parents Forum has the serious college issues talk, while Parents Cafe is when we need to just, y’know, talk and bond. </p>
<p>After searching parental wisdom, you might also try a “gap year” phrase search of the entire CC (top center of page) search button, which will include what students say on their threads.</p>
<p>thanks a lot.</p>
<p>I’m too half asleep to find it, but there is a wonderful and frequently quoted thread by a mom called Andi whose son did a gap year after disappointing results, and ended up at MIT. It’s really inspiring and helpful.</p>
<p>But the college Andi applied to again, also rejected him again. So I certainly wouldn’t count on a gap year making you look better. He hadn’t applied to MIT the first time.</p>