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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not to freak out any junior parents but my kid who got into their first choice ivy is now insisting on a gap year. School is allowing it but we have to decide soon. I don’t like the gap year idea but kid is being incredibly stubborn. Some of kid’s friends are seriously considering a gap year too. What a mess![/quote]
NP here.  This is interesting.  I had a talk with a mom of two seniors today, and they were thinking about it too, but she said she's leaning toward having them go.  She doesn't want them around the house another year, playing video games, and she thinks that it will be hard for them to get jobs, because there are so many older more experienced people now that need jobs.  If I may ask,

1) Does your kid have to apply to receive a gap year, or just ask and get it?

2) What would your kid be doing during that year? [/quote]

Yes students must apply/ask for a gap year. Colleges are under no obligation to grant one to all who ask. Some ask what the students’ plan for the year is when the request is made. [/quote]

All schools are granting gap year requests - how can you not?  As a parent I would be concerned  - what are the kids going to do for that year - travel is out. Working? 30 million Americans have applied for unemployment insurance.

I think the million international students at colleges and universities is really the game-changer here.  Most are full pay plus extra - so most are wealthy - would you send your child (or send your child back) to a country where COVID 19 is not in control, armed protesters stormed a government building to demand everything be opened up and Donald Trump is president? A big maybe. I have a high school junior so I guess we have to plan for two scenarios - the BEST one - there is an effective treatment and vaccine and the world economy bounces right back and the hostility against China dissipates -  then a bulge of college kids heading to school in 2021 which means my son's safety schools [b]might[/b] be a reach.  In the second scenario, one of the four variables listed is still not resolved and then we need to plan for that chaos.

I think early decision is one strategy we will think about.

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