Gap year
A gap year is the year that many young people opt to take off between high school and university, and it is becoming more and more accepted. In fact, some universities have begun to work this extra year into their considerations when deciding to accept students into their programs. So it seems that potential barriers are being reduced, year by year. But even if that's the case, students do need to question whether or not this time off might have an adverse effect on their future career.
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The gap year can be elaborate or simple, structured or unstructured; whatever the student feels most comfortable with. If young people want to take this year off after high school, they can do it with confidence, knowing that many post-secondary schools don't just accept that they want to do this, but actually promote it. Several of these institutions have now set up supervised programs for students who want to take a gap year, yet don't want to be totally disconnected from their college or university.
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Chances are pretty good that while you were in high school, college or graduate school you heard tales of people taking a year or so off to spend abroad. That time they spent may have been backpacking through Europe or another continent. And while not everyone could afford to take off work for a year on sabbatical or to "find themselves," many people managed to do it anyway. You could be one of these individuals. But how much do you know about that time off? Do you know it is actually called a Gap Year? If you are in the dark about this time off, do not panic. That is what this article is for. It will give you the basics about that important time off and what type of activities you could do during that time.
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To describe the gap year as simply a year that a high school graduates takes off to goof around before going on to higher education is a complete misconception. It's far more than that, even if it does usually give the young person a mental break before their next stage in life. It often involves either traveling or gaining either paid or unpaid work experience, meaning the grad is acquiring new skills, as well as knowledge of a whole different kind.
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