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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]just another way of saying my kid is nto responsible to go away to school ontheir own ot they are not up to the standards of the schol they wanted to go to.

I only met 1 "gap year" kid who was doing something useful.  She went to south america to work in a health clinic and she wants to go to med school, she was already accepted to a great school but deferred a year.  the others are all doing some sort of program that is associated with a lot of drinking.  so if youa re doing a lot of drinking, you might as well be doing it as a college student.  [/quote]

I am the PP who had two kids take some time off before college.  I think if you met mine, you would agree that it often works out well.  Both of mine worked full time and lived completly on their own.  After my oldest graduated, he  accepted a position at the company he had worked for before starting school.  $62,000 a year in Raleigh, NC isn't too bad for a 25 year old just out of college.  Especially considering the number of unemployed/underemployed college grads.[/quote]

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