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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the hate for the gap year. In my child's cohort, the ones who took a gap year are the affluent ones with time and money to kill, so it could be envy. [/quote]

I do not read it as hate for gap years, moreso lack of agreement that it is "necessary" to get in at all, or to get all of the extras done, or to get into T20. As with everything, DCUM loves to claim certain choices as the only way when it is simply one option that works for some students. [/quote]

I haven't seen anyone say that it is necessary, but rather the path that most follow. The odd ducks are those who are implying that taking a gap year is somehow "lesser" or somehow reduces one's chances to a top school when what they are saying is objectively false by the words of the schools themselves. Harvard saying the 75-80% of their students take a gap year and Amherst saying that for the class that graduated in 2024 44 out of 45 applicants took a gap year is pretty much all that you need to know on the subject of gap years.[/quote]

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