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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are considering a gap year for DS who will be 18 next month. He has EF issues and we hope the gap year will give him time to mature. He does have admission into a few schools and we'd defer admission at one of more of those schools for a year. I don't think it's a good idea to apply for college while on your gap year. [/quote]

It won’t. It will just hurt his mental health and make him feel awkward being the older student and getting thrown out of his class cohort. Don’t do it. [/quote]

Have you heard of this happening?  Or do you think that's what could happen?

I know of someone's DC who said would take a gap year, and a few years later, still not in college [/quote]

There are gap years, and then there's not starting college and calling it a gap year. There should be a pretty clear and finite plan to avoid the latter. I know lots of kids who took gap years and started college successfully on time. [/quote]

A gap year, is a gap year is a gap year. What you do (or not) during that time does not change that definition, but agree that what you do during that time is critical for post-gap year success.[/quote]

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