Post-Grad/Gap Year...or go to college?

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<p>Just for reference: I am 17 (18 in June), got accepted into St. Lawrence University, University of Denver and am currently waitlisted at University of San Diego. I graduated with 25 of my classmates from a small private independent school with a 3.93 (rank 4/26) unweighted GPA. I have an 1830 on the SAT and a 26 on the ACT(I am a lousy test taker). </p>

<p>I am almost 100% certain I am going to be taking a post-graduate year in order to pursue athletics before I attend college.</p>

<p>I am hesitant to do this for a few reasons: let’s say the athletics don’t work out next year, I don’t want to be stuck at a school where I am haunted by what could have been me. I could just go to St. Lawrence for a semester and then transfer to a school better suited to my desires…</p>

<p>If I do take a PG year I’ll have the opportunity to reapply all over again as an incoming freshman hoping to get in to schools that rejected me the year before, as well as find schools that I like based purely on academics, not considering the athletics.</p>

<p>tl;dr</p>

<p>to take a PG year or not to take a PG year?</p>

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<p>You can take a Gap Year and re-apply as a freshman. That would work too.</p>

<p>There is a sub-forum just for athletic recruits. You might want to take your question there as well: [Athletic</a> Recruits - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/athletic-recruits/]Athletic”>Athletic Recruits - College Confidential Forums)</p>

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<p>Yes happymomof1, like I said, “If I do take a PG year I’ll have the opportunity to reapply all over again as an incoming freshman hoping to get in to schools that rejected me the year before, as well as find schools that I like based purely on academics, not considering the athletics.”</p>

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<p>What’s your objective here? What the problem with St. Lawrence? Would the PG year be somewhere bigger like Mercersburg or another year with 25 kids?</p>

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<p>The PG year would mainly be focused on athletics, while trying to boost up my ACT score. I will also be taking SAT II subject tests during that time. There is no problem with St. Lawrence I just feel as though it won’t provide what I am looking for academically…which I am not sure what I AM looking for.</p>