Why A Gap Year?

It’s your senior year of high school. It is time for you to decide what you want to do after you graduate. You have a few possible things that you could do. You could start applying for colleges, get accepted to one, and then go to college right out of high school; or you could do the same thing, but take a year off. This brings up the argument of whether or not a student should take off a gap year before they begin college. There are both, pros and cons to taking a gap year prior to starting college.

Taking a gap year will help you make a smart decision in what you want to do the rest of your life. In such a sense I would say that getting rid of senior year and replacing it with a gap year or for lack of better terms an ‘experience year,’ would help out a lot of students in finding a study

Post 17:- If they have just completed a one-year course, following Year 12, they may decide to continue their studies full time or look for jobs and training:-

school. Some people might consider a year round school, some people might not consider a year round school. In year round schools you spend the exact same days as normal

After high school students are faced with the decision to continue pursuing a more advanced education or going into the workforce as society would label it “uneducated”. Although there are more deciding factors than simply

The opportunity cost of prolonging school for another year does not outweigh the cost of the experience I will gain from MECOP. I could choose to graduate on time, however if I have no field experience I won't have as much to set myself apart from all the other students who graduated as well. Going into my first job the knowledge I have will all be textbook or classroom knowledge. MECOP will allow me to get my feet wet, have a feel for the playing field, understand office etiquette, and how I could apply my classroom knowledge to actual projects. The two years I dedicate to MECOP will hopefully help the transition from full time student to full time employee.

Arenson, K. 2008 19 February. Princeton to help students spend ‘gap year’ abroad. The New York

Before I start I would like to give you a little background on Gap Year.

Taking a gap year might be a personal consideration but in the end, is it really worth it? A gap year is when students take a year off after high school and don't go straight to college. During the gap year, people usually travel, works, or do something to promote their time off from education. Not many people consider taking a gap year no matter how effective it might be. A gap year allows one to be independent. It allows people to learn about themselves and what they want to do in their life. Gap year allows one to add to their resume. You can see the world and get new life experiences, which is an untradeable prize. On the other hand, going straight to college can have its advantages. Going right into college can give one a head start

One of the trade-offs that I faced before in my life is when I had to make a decision about what I want to do after high school. If I chose to further my studies, that means I would have to give up the chance to earn money and gain working experiences. When I made up my mind to continue studying, I hesitated about which university to choose because there are too many choices. For example, if I had chosen to study at local university, I would have lost the opportunity to experience the university life in foreign country. Contrarily, if I had chosen to study abroad, there would have been a bigger financial burden for my family. I had to make the wisest decision as it affects my future.

One of the crucial moments in my life was the decision I had to take; as to what I was going to do next in life. Having completed my Advanced Level in 2013, I realized that it was not the end of my career as a student. I needed strong academic foundation along with other soft skills to meet the challenges and survive in this commercial world as a successful individual. In view of these thoughts, I was unable to make a firm decision as to what my career direction would be. After a month or so of various discussions with my parents, friends and other learned people I was able to reason out the best choice for me.

Though there are many advantages to taking a gap year, there are just as many disadvantages. People may find themselves unwilling to go back to school, they may lose opportunities for scholarships, or they might not have enough money to support the activities they replace school with. Even their social life could be affected. With all of these negative aspects one may ask, why would anyone risk taking a gap year?

Often students do not know what they want to study and what they want their future to be. In summer students can maybe get a job and gain some experience form it. Getting a job may also introduce you to important and successful people who can help you find out what you like and want to be. These people may also help you launch your career and become successful like them (study.com). Summer time would be perfect for them to do that because they have a lot of time to figure it out and to know what they want to become in the future. “Spending some time off to volunteer or work in your field of interest may also help you build essential job skills and gain connections to important people who may help you launch your career” (tnj.com). As said before, getting a job would be very helpful and summer would be the perfect time to do so because they have a lot of time to do

Vacations, meeting new people, getting a job, saving money, and moving out from a parent’s house seems like a fantasy and something that everybody would love to experience. This is what students will do or plan to do in a gap year. A gap year helps students find out who they are and learn about the world around them. Many students have found out it is not as great as they thought it would be. The executive director of Dynamy Internship Year disagrees and says "While there is significant peer pressure, parental pressure and

Various disadvantages, moreover dangers, have to be taken into consideration about the gap year. The notion of going against the social norm and/ or breaking tradition, to a higher degree in the US, can be difficult for adolescents to overcome. As Killen notes