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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A gap year is a terrible idea for most students. Why does DCUM suggest it so often?[/quote]

Totally disagree. It depends on what you make of it. I know of a number of kids who have taken gap years and done incredible things...teaching in India, studying in Israel, etc. It's not all staying in your parents basement and playing video games. Curious why you think it's a "terrible idea" for most students? [/quote]

Not that pp, but many students don't know what they want to do or have an internal compass that will keep them directed for that year. Most will work somewhere, and possibly get pulled into a party scene and eventually not make it to college. Of course there are exceptions who do wonderful things that are mostly financially supported by their parents.

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Agree with this. Plus, it is harder to apply to college when you are not in high school, wih easy access to the registrar for transcripts and teachers for recs, and surrounded by everyobe motovating you to do your apps. People love to throw around Malia Obama as an example of the use of a gap year - she was accepted to Harvard and deferred for a year - that is not the same thing as not applying to colleges while a senior in high school and assuming you’ll “find yourself.”[/quote]

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