Take a year off before college?

i wouldn't recommend it i have 2 cousins who took a year off before college and it took one forever to go back because he did not want to go back to school after having all free time, and the other just never went back. i would just go straight to college and you get out quicker anyways.

Depends why you want to do it. I wasn't ready to go to college when I first went. I had a 1.97 took a semester off worked at a auto salvage yard and something clicked and I became a pretty good student. Now I am going to be going to grad school. Lots of people just dont go back, but if you never wanted to be there you probably werent going to graduate anyway. I have been outta high school for 4 1/2 years now. only 1 kid I know graduated on time for their bachelors. I wouldn't worry so much about being a year behind. After you get used to it an extra class a semester and even a whole semester can be done in the summer.

Maybe community college would be the way to go. Luckily gen eds which you mostly take first year aren't very difficult. Taking 12-15 credits at a community college would allow you to work and do something things. Most people don't know what they are doing out of highschool. I just changed my major for the 4th time I will graduate with almost 2 times as many classes needed to have a bachelors degree. I am a much more dedicated student now. I think the community college is a good intermediate between taking off and going. I don't think intro level courses are much different no matter where you take them. Good luck

I think taking a year off before going to college is an excellent idea. I've always admired the British Gap year concept where people travel and do public service work before settling down to college. Seems to me we are in a big rush to get into college, declare a major and work towards a career all before we've figured out what the heck it is we want to do. I went straight to college but ended up taking a year off involuntarily (lost my scholarship). I tried to make the best of it and make some money and break into my field without a degree. Instead I ended up working two jobs. It only took a year for me to figure out I did not want to spend the rest of my life wearing a nametag. That little ephinany provided a great deal of motivation to achieve when I did go back to college and finish my degree. I was much more serious minded and directed the second time around. I still partied but I didn't get lost in it - I kept my eyes on the prize. I guess my foray into the working world helped me to understand just why my parents wanted me to get a college education. I would limit the time off to a year. As another commentator already noted it's real easy for the year to segue into a couple more years. If you just apply and then delay entry one year I think you'll create the parameter necessary to make sure that you get back to college within a reasonable time. If I had it all to do again I would take the year and use it to travel! I wished I'd gotten to see Europe, Greece and the British Isles while I was young and adventurous. There are programs where you can travel with scientific expeditions and help them with the grunt work while seeing really cool things like China (The Great Wall) or Eygpt (the pyramids) and so on. Check it out.

I recommend it. Get a job and just hang out be you. It helped me reflect on what I really wanted to do with my life and I didn't fee; pressured to just do it. My friends mom told her if she took a year off she'd never go back. We both took a year and she's an accountant now and I'm a teacher, so that's not always true. i have a buddy who went straight to college and even with her degree she chose to be a stay at home mom.

I would certainly not recommend it. Think about it: You're going to be one year behind other people with the same job as you. One year less of earning the money that your job will earn you. One year of your life kind of just gone.