http://blog.gocollege.com/2009/03/22/delaying-college-in-tough-economic-times-is-it-time-for-a-gap-year/ The number one college bound site on the Internet. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:18:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.gocollege.com/2009/03/22/delaying-college-in-tough-economic-times-is-it-time-for-a-gap-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1348 Wendy Segl Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:57:35 +0000 http://blog.gocollege.com/?p=1404#comment-1348 I comment on the same article in my blog (http://highschool2college.wordpress.com). Most of the students I know (and I have been working with high school students as a full-time SAT tutor and college advisor for 22 years) do not find themselves or improve their skills when they take off a year from college. They get more lost, more unmotivated, less apt to start college now out of sync with their high school friends. Furthermore, every year they delay means college will be more expensive and there will be less aid available. I comment on the same article in my blog (http://highschool2college.wordpress.com). Most of the students I know (and I have been working with high school students as a full-time SAT tutor and college advisor for 22 years) do not find themselves or improve their skills when they take off a year from college. They get more lost, more unmotivated, less apt to start college now out of sync with their high school friends. Furthermore, every year they delay means college will be more expensive and there will be less aid available.

]]> http://blog.gocollege.com/2009/03/22/delaying-college-in-tough-economic-times-is-it-time-for-a-gap-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Meaghan Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:18:48 +0000 http://blog.gocollege.com/?p=1404#comment-1280 While this all makes a lot of sense, I would also caution your readers not to let one gap year turn into another and another. Sometimes taking a year off can make it harder to get back into the "education" routine. While this all makes a lot of sense, I would also caution your readers not to let one gap year turn into another and another. Sometimes taking a year off can make it harder to get back into the “education” routine.

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