Gap Year Experience | Pros & Cons 

YES YES YES

Yes, everyone that is a lazy bastard and does not know how to work and what the real world is like should.

Hello It's Me Most people use a gap year as a chance to work and save up money before uni. Maybe you actually look at it before you judge.

PIZARTS Dance Gap Year thank you for your comment, that's amazing! All of my sisters are dancers and I can only imagine how helpful that would have been to them.

Thank you so much! x

Never panic! My sister left college aged 18 without A Levels and ended up working all around the world doing what she loved - success isn't academic, it's about finding what makes you happy! Plus, if you ever did feel like you wanted to get academic qualifications, it's never too late! Don't worry :)

hmmmm ... i took a gap year on a n impulse . ii want to just enjoy it but i dont know . haiiissh

Wow youre a loser

This is like hella late buuutttt if someone does see your comment and feel the same way this year I'm thinking about taking a gap year and I found a website called the American gap association and it shows you some scholarships and grants that will allow you to travel but you'll have to volunteer

Thank you for subbing! The first bit of advice I'd give is make sure you have fun every day, a year can seem like a while but it slips by fast, so make every single day count (even if just a nice walk, or a day watching your favourite movies)! If you're planning on travelling, then there's a whole world of amazing travel blogs and youtube channels to give you inspiration and tips (from places to go, to budgeting, to safety). If you're not travelling, then try to pick up a few new hobbies! Even if you don't stick with them, it's a year for you to try out new things that you might not have time to do otherwise. You might find a fun new sport that you love, or even a creative hobby that could lead to meeting new people or even a future career. But above all, enjoy it! Hope this helped, any more questions feel free to ask! :) :)

kota. That’s why my mom won’t let me take one

I already had my place at Uni, so I emailed them and asked if I could defer it for a year, and they were fine with it! But I know a bunch of people that took a gap year without a Uni place and applied later and it worked out great for them :)

To be honest I didn't really plan a lot! Other than applying to jobs, everything I did during the year was quite spontaneous - but I know people who had planned out everything and it doesn't take more than a week or two if that's what you'd rather. But if you're considering it, I would recommend taking one, your mental health is worth it!

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! I'm actually considering a semester abroad in Australia next year so expect some Q's haha :)

Im planning on doing a gap year now after my application for student finance completely failed and now i have no time to get the correct documents for them and its such a big struggle as well with the virus and without knowing whats going to happen in September with courses (them being online). I feel like I also will fail my alevels despite not even doing them lol even though my predicted grades are really good my mocks were just...very bad 😂🤭 so i thought instead of staying at college for another year id retake my alevels privately and do another alevel in a language after traveling ie. just pay for the exam and sit it. Bit of topic from your question but youre not alone lol! I have no idea what to do lmao but if you do end up doing a gap year consider traveling and working alongside the alevel as well as it’ll make it so much more amazing and hopefully itll make you prepared for uni :)

@@mariacakulova9201 sorry for late response! I hadn't seen this comment until I got a notification that someone had liked my original comment. I would just like to say thank you for reassuring me. I will try to work at the same time because it will help for uni (as you said). The main reason I want to do more a-levels is because I am really not sure what I want to do with my life. I want to try to get into a good university but I am not sure if I will be capable after a gap year. Everybody I know seems to know what they want to do but I feel adrift in sea of life decisions. I am in year 12 btw so I hope these unprecedented times work out for you, as you are in year 13. I hope things for both of us work out (it might take a while for me).

I think I saved about £2000 for interrailing but as I didn't plan anything it's definitely possible to do it a LOT cheaper with prior planning, it depends where you go too, some people manage a month for less than £1000! And honestly it didn't matter in the slightest, in fact half of the people I met were the same age as me or older - people come from all sorts of situations :)

Just Deenie okay thankyou! xx

Omc deshpande don't worry! There's plenty of different ways people do things and a lot (if not most people) I know took the gap year first and applied to Universities while on their gap year!

Just Deenie thank you so much that sure did help :)

cpeter4321 yes! I worked for a long time to be able to save up and paid for it all completely independently

Elodie Pressé hey! I said Interrailing - taking trains around Europe to different places!

I love it so much! 😙😙

Tiffany A I didn't ask any teachers it was something I decided completely independently! All I did was email my University asking to defer for a year

What did you study?

@@josephbrennan370 media and communications

@@rayhan_2k841 that's cool. Can't believe you responded to a comment from 2 years ago. Cheers.

@@josephbrennan370 yh no problem. Just I'm always online lol

Boo Boo I went interrailing with my boyfriend but while I was out there I visited my friend who was studying in Spain and came to visit in Copenhagen:)

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