[poopoo]

is anyone planning to take a year off after high school and just work or volunteer like JOIN PEACE CORPS OR watever for the whole year? has anyone everr done that?
i'm thinking of doing that but i'm not sure if that's a good idea or not.
like just working full time cuz me & my frens are plannin to go on a trip on 2008.

does it matter when we apply for colleges? like say i apply one after my gap year, will the college admissions care? i was thinking about after high school or during i wanted to take some cllasses over widout having to go to a community college much, could we do that? *LOSTTT

[litoxshortaii]

idk why, but there seems to be a lot of ppl in the class of '06 at my school who are doing that. they probably contacted the college they plan on going to because i see _____ college c/o '11 like on facebook/aim profiles/myspace etc and i know they js graduated.

[getxinfatuated]

I think people take a year off for many different reasons. Personally though, i wouldn't consider it, unless i'm doing something very productive within that year. I don't want to be a year older than i really need to be when i graduate. Plus, i think when you go right into college, you're more paced. I know a few who took a year off and they seem to be lost when they went back to school

[josebiwasabi]

idk why, but there seems to be a lot of ppl in the class of '06 at my school who are doing that. they probably contacted the college they plan on going to because i see _____ college c/o '11 like on facebook/aim profiles/myspace etc and i know they js graduated.

the '11 thing could also be because they're in a 5 year program of they want to double major. lots of people take 5 years to graduate.

anyways, hmm. i personally wouldn't want to take a year off unless you got some really good experience, i.e. peace corps or something volunteer-esque. or of course, unless you need to work to pay for college. thats a responsible decision as well.

also, remember that (most likely) it will be more difficult to get good letters of recs when you haven't worked in an academic setting for a year.