GAP year - education or not?

va_bene
Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:39:52 +0000

I know a lot of people who taking a GAP year has been a great choice, and has worked out really well for them. I also know a lot of people who should have taken a GAP year, for maturity reasons mostly. Many people I went off to school with were immediatly unhappy in any situation, transfered to other schools, found that they were unhappy there and ultimately took some time off.

On the flip side, many find it difficult to go back to school after taking a year off from school. My advice would be, if you do take off a year, for whatever reason, stick to your plan and go back to school a year later. It’s far to easy to keep pushing it off.