Sorry for not clarifying everyone.
Some things happened in my family so I had to stay home for a semester after I graduated this July, so that’s why I will be applying for the spring semester. I could wait another year for the fall 2025 semester, but I would really prefer to start as soon as possible and just take summer classes to be on track again.
Based on everyone’s answers, I do appear to need to write about it on my common app.