Many different kinds of students can benefit from the gap year from the competitive ones, to the ones that need more time to develop. The Gap Year can make students prepared for college and can give them lots of real world experience.
Gap Year
Traveling
- New perspective
- Many travel programs correlating with a specific major - Medicine Programs, Teaching, Social Work, etc...
- There are scholarships available for these programs.
Job during a Gap Year
- 10.000 students drop out each year
- Over 6% of students left on their own financially
- Working part-time in college - Beneficial
- Full time in college - Not beneficial
- Real world experience
Second Chance
- Give students a second chance at their top schools
- Some students are required to take a Gap Year before attending their college
- Non-credit classes
- SATS and other tests
Time
Lots of time in your hands!
Pros:
Pros:
- Helps with time management
- Practice run for college
- Many productive ways to use that time
Thesis
Due to the number of available and beneficial options for a Gap Year, more students should be exposed to the opportunity of taking a productive year of after high school and before college that can bring many benefits trough a students college career and afterward as well.
Guiding Questions
- What are the benefits during college?
- What are the benefits after college?
- What are the options available during a Gap Year?
- Should all colleges offer Gap Year?
- Should high school teach students more about the option of a Gap Year?
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