Growing Number Of College Applicants Will Opt For The Gap Year

College-admission letters are starting to roll in, but a growing number of students will decide instead to take a year off to try out potential careers or broaden their horizons. Gap-year activities range from doing volunteer work or taking classes, to working for pay, traveling or tackling outdoor adventures. There isn't a measure of the number of students who take gap years, but a recent survey of 300,000 first-time freshmen at four-year colleges and universities found 1.2% waited a year to enter college. Burnout from the competitive pressure of high school and a desire "to find out more about themselves," are the top two reasons students take gap years. Read more at:
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