Is a free period frowned upon?

insanedreamer
Wed, 03 Feb 2016 06:05:09 +0000

If you use that free period to get some experiences that are interesting/useful/educational/helpful, then sure, no problem (be sure to explain it in your application). Otherwise … well the question might be why did you take time off and it might look like you can’t keep up (in which case you won’t be able to keep up at a top college either).