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[quote=Anonymous]I hate the “college as vacation” mentality too, but I don’t really see how gap year avoids that and I think community college could be downright counterproductive.  Basically, I guess it comes down to whether you see college as a place where you explore career options or as a vocational school.  For a kid who doesn’t have a vocation, gap year and/or CC don’t seem like promising places to find one.  It’d be different if the kid had a specific gap year plan that enabled her to test a risky career choice.  Or was burn out after HS.  Or needed some time to make $ to help fund college.  But it doesn’t solve “aimless.”  And “aimless” isn't particularly scary at this age (when they haven’t seen a lots of different kinds of jobs and when even the focused kids often change their minds after being exposed to new options).  And community college isn’t going to show her much she hasn’t already seen in HS.

So encourage the “I can thrive anywhere” mentality.  Honestly, that seems like a strength.  Look for schools that are well-rounded and have lots of interesting programs whose relationships to actual jobs are fairly clear.  Madison and Syracuse stand out for me in that respect and Northeastern’s emphasis on internships seems like it might be helpful.  Santa Cruz, probably not so much.

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