Is it a good idea taking a gap year after high school?
As other people said, it depends. For me it was a brilliant idea.I took a gap year because I was not clear on what to do and I didn’t feel like to start college.My parents were opposed obviously. After a lot of talking we decided that I would at least spend the year studing English and so I left for a year living in Arizona.It was actually very challenging for me as I didn’t know almost anyone there and I had to make a living somehow. I had a lot of great experiences, met people who I still have contact with after several years, learnt a new language and finally felt sure about what I wanted to study in college.I would encourage anyone to do the same if they are not sure about starting college. But only to do something else, something very challenging, and something that would help in the future at least as an experience.
Gap Year to Study Abroad after High School, good idea? ( Bad grades)?
I want to take a gap year after I graduate from high school and study abroad in Japan. So after I graduate high school in the U.S. I'll go to school again in Japan. (Any idea what grade I would be in? I'm assuming it would be high school and not a college that I would be attending.) Is this a wise idea? After I return I would like to attend an art school. I'm just a little nervous and I want to see if anyone had done something similar. Hearing others experiences gives me reassurance. I don't think it would be hard to catch up since it's an art school. I know I won't get all of the scholarships that I could as a senior and going straight to college. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Also I think it's important to mention my academics. I'm a good student, it's just that I messed up really bad in freshman year and slightly in sophomore year. I got F's, D's, and C's for my freshman year. Sophomore year I got D's but stayed in the B-C range. Currently I am a B average. I only had one D this year. For my senior year I plan on working very hard to stay away from D's and raising my GPA. I have (sadly) a 2.2, but I've been watching it rise carefully and I'm hopeful that it will rise in the future. ( Planning on re-taking some classes I failed freshman year to take off those weights.) I can handle the workload and show that I can improve. Do you think I'm still qualified for studying abroad? I really want to do it and I'll do anything I can. What do you suggest? Thank you.
Is taking a year off after high school a bad move?
It depends on how motivated you are to start studying again. I am a very motivated person so taking a year off worked for me and I found I was more interested in learning after a year off than when I left school. It also gave me a chance to work out what I wanted to do with my career. Financially it also worked out better for me as I had a chance to save up for expenses while I studied (although in New Zealand we have interest free student loans so do not have to pay straight up for university/college) Although a gap year worked for me it may not work for you. I think you need to see a careers adviser (if you have them at your school) and discuss the different ways you could go about this. If you can't talk to anyone then have a serious think about whether or not this will be the right choice or you. Do you know what you want to do yet? How long will it take to study? Can you financially afford to study? Can you financially afford to take a year off and live on your own? do you currently enjoy learning? If you take a year off will that change? Good Luck!
Taking a gap year after high school?
Think about the cons and pros. What do you want a break from? School? Besides, you do not choose what you want to be the first year of college. You still have plenty of time. I say try to go if you can. Find a way somehow. Do not waste your time. Sure you can take a year off, and go back and still do good. But most people end up just the opposite. I've seen too many people do that, they just screw up their lives. They get jobs, full time, then just cannot decide what to do. They look the easy way and just screw up. Go now, and you will enjoy that later, when you won't have to go when you're done, with a degree, and hopefully a good job. "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" Derek Bok, Howard University. You decide what that quote means. It can be interpreted several ways.
Taking a year off after high school?
Okay, I don't want to take a year off, that was never my plan at all. Initially I was going to get my AS at a local community college and then transfer to an in state university. The thing is, I really want to move out of my state to Colorado. If I were to do so, simply going to community college for one year (in a nursing program) is over $20,000! That's more than tuition and room and board combined at the in state universities I've been accepted to. I actually love going to school and learning, so I'm not doing this to "discover myself" or travel, I would be doing it so I could gain residency in the state and not pay absurd tuition rates. It would give me a chance to get a job to support myself and buy me some time to gain residency. Does this sound like a good or bad idea? SO many people have told me taking a year off is bad, and I've honestly never even considered the idea until now. Can anyone offer me some insight?
What do you think about a year or two gap between high school and college?
I would say that a one year gap between high school and college is reasonable, and probably a good idea, if you personally feel that you need time off from school. College is a significant investment in time and money, and you should best go into it with a calm, collected, and motivated state of mind.However, I would not take a gap year for the sole purpose of not knowing what you really want to do in life (assuming you’re already planning to go to college). The reason is that it’s very common to go into college with a fixed goal in mind, and then discover that what you originally had wanted to study was not at all what it was like after actually taking a class in that subject.For example, I know many people that went into college who had wanted to become doctors their whole lives, but took chemistry, hated it, and switched out of pre-med the following semester. It’s hard to fully commit to something until you absolutely know what you’re going into.I would take a gap year if you really feel that you need a break from school, not because you’re simply unsure as to what you want to study. One of the huge benefits of college is that it is very accessible to dabble in different subjects and then make a decision.Lastly, if you end up taking a gap year, you should definitely keep yourself busy. Take MOOCs, tackle some projects that you never got the chance to start, or get some work experience—anything that will allow you to keep learning during your time off. I also wouldn’t plan on taking 2 gap years from the get go, as knowingly having too much extra time can be very distracting and may cause you to deviate from reaching your goals.
Is it bad to drop out of highschool and get a GED?
My mom asked me if I want to drop out and get a GED. Not because school is hard or anything. But I was talking to her about how I'm always by myself all day. And she suggested I drop out and just go to community college. Doesn't that look really bad? Shouldn't I just finish highschool and then go to college, especially since I'm a junior right now
Is getting married right out a high school a bad idea?
My GF and I have been dating for almost a year and a half and she moved to Florida 4 months ago and i live Indiana and im going to college there to study marine biology and were talking about how we want to get married after high school (we both are juniors) BUT CONTINUE college. We really love each other what do you think of the idea? p.s. i have stayed completely faithfull
Is it bad to transfer high schools junior year?
I did this! I was furious at my parents for moving that year, and literally made myself sick the few weeks before school started because I was so nervous to start at a new school.Long term, it was one of the best things that could have happened. I had been in my other (very small) school district from K-10th grade. Everyone knew each other. I had set friends I would hang out with. The school was pretty cliquey.While it was tough the first few weeks to leave the comfort of a known friend group and environment, I was the “new girl” and people had a tendency to want to get to know me at the new school. The big plus was that I wasn’t really pegged into a certain clique because I was an unknown quantity. I wound up with a much wider variety of friends than at my previous school & somehow was able to make friends across different groups of people rather than people having notions of me based on stuff that happened in elementary school. I didn’t feel confined by being labelled a certain way or being in a clique. I dated more, I tried more new things… I feel like the move wound up being very liberating in a way.The experience also made me more confident when it came time to transition to college. I actually still keep in touch with friends from both high schools and we graduated in 1987!It’s scary to start a new high school, but if it’s in your future look at it as an opportunity to redefine yourself. Good luck!P.S. I noticed some other people mentioned academic inpact. I did have an issue where my first school did not weight AP courses and my second school did. However, the guidance department would not weight the courses from my original school although I passed the AP exam. My parents actually came in to school to argue this (only time I can remember them getting involved in stuff like this.) Eventually, we reached a compromise that the school would not weight my previous grades - they just refused, but they also put a note to colleges that my class rank was inaccurate due to discrepancies in the grading scales used. I got in to where I wanted to go to college, so long term no biggie. No other issues with the academics between the two schools.