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| madirishdoll | Jul 18 2007, 04:32 PM Post #1 |
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I've just accepted a job offer for 12 months to work with a company. It was a final decision, but means I won't be going to Uni come September. I think I'm wise taking a year out as I want to build up some finance before setting my eyes on studying. Has anyone else taken a gap year before entering Uni, or during years ... and what where their opinions? |
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| AgnosticAngel | Jul 18 2007, 04:39 PM Post #2 |
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I didn't but wish I had. Everyone I knew told me not to because it's so much harder to go back to school after a long break, which while perhaps true I still wish I had done. Now I'm in my 4th year of university most of the way to a degree that I really don't even want
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| Ideal | Jul 18 2007, 04:48 PM Post #3 |
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hey there delilah
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I'm debating taking a year off. I can't exactly do it when I have a family. |
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| Kazuki-ZNR | Jul 18 2007, 04:50 PM Post #4 |
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I've decided against doing a gap year because if I were to do one I'd want it to be related to the subject I'm going to study at Uni (Engineering). From the people I've spoken to I understand to it's better to do an engineering gap year mid way through the degree course. One because you'll get a better job placement than if you were to do one before you started the degree and secondly it gives you a chance to apply what you have so far learnt and it also gives you a focus for the remainder of the Uni Course. |
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| lukyboy2435 | Jul 18 2007, 07:38 PM Post #5 |
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I'm not old enough to take the "gap year" yet, but everyone I talked to that went back to school after said it was a bas decision. They couldn't get back into the hang of things and had a really hard time going back. |
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| .Enigmatik | Jul 18 2007, 08:18 PM Post #6 |
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My teacher told me the same thing about taking an easy year in High School. |
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| Vettore | Jul 18 2007, 08:23 PM Post #7 |
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I’m not taking a gap year; I still haven’t decided whether to stay at college for another two years or to enrol in university though … |
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| Epsilekt | Jul 18 2007, 08:26 PM Post #8 |
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Wait... university isn't the same thing as college? |
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| .Enigmatik | Jul 18 2007, 08:27 PM Post #9 |
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I thought the only difference was one was owned by a church or something. |
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| Lydia | Jul 18 2007, 08:28 PM Post #10 |
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Cogito ergo sum
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If I don't get a good enough scholarship, I might have to take a gap year. Hopefully I'll get valedictorian though. ![]() This next year being my senior year, I'm going to try and relax a bit. I've got two tutorials and three classes that could be tutorials whenever I want them to be. I'll probably never have to take my homework home. XD Edit: A college offers only a few degrees, normally in a certain field. An universities varies in the degrees it offers, ranging over several fields. |
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| Raistlin244 | Jul 18 2007, 10:43 PM Post #11 |
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I'm not old enough, I've still got a few years of High school left. I don't know if I'll take a gap year. I mean, if I get a job offer and they'll keep me on for a year full time and then move me to part time, and it's something I can do either in a different area, or long distance, then I'll probably take a gap year. But yeah, if you build up a good financial base, that's good. Even better if you get a job in a place where you know you'll want to work after college. Because then you get back and you've got a degree and such, and you already know the company some. |
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| Dimm | Jul 19 2007, 02:39 AM Post #12 |
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I hear it is pretty hard to switch majors that far in. But, I won't be taking any gap years, I do plan on taking some college summer classes right after my senior year graduation. I guess I know what I want to do in life already. |
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| Ambition | Jul 19 2007, 02:42 AM Post #13 |
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I'm going to college for 2 years. But I will prob take a break before deciding what to do next.
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| AgnosticAngel | Jul 19 2007, 02:46 AM Post #14 |
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It's pretty much a waste not to get my degree now, my only real option is I could double major in something else...if I knew what else I wanted to do. I was sure all through highschool I wanted to do Anthropology (Archaeology specifically) and even for the first 2 years of college...then it just kind of disappeared. Not sure what happened I still love the subject, just not enough to be happy doing it day in and day out.
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| Sobriquet. | Jul 19 2007, 10:47 AM Post #15 |
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robbers and cowards
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I think its a good idea, but most of the people I know who took one enjoyed it so much and never went back to Uni
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I still love the subject, just not enough to be happy doing it day in and day out.
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