It is becoming increasingly popular to have a year off between finishing school and going to university. What are the advantages and disadvantages for this?

More and more

students

take a gap

year

before applying to

university

.

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will give them the chance to travel around the world and to have some work experiences.

However

,

this

is not

necessarely

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necessarily

the best option. It is very common nowadays, that

students

wait for one

year

before applying to

university

.

This

, allow them to have the chance to visit new countries, learning new languages or simply making new friends. Many teenagers

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the

year

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, in order to cover their

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for the months abroad. In fact, they work for the

first

six months trying to make some work experience while earning some money, especially if they do not receive any help from their parents. When they feel

confortable

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comfortable

and ready to depart, they generally choose inexpensive places close to the sea to enjoy and recharge

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batteries before getting into

university

.

However

, even if these aforementioned reasons

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having a

year

off, seems

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reasonable

, it would

also

come with some negatives aspects. In

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today's

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world, there is

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high competition to get into the best universities and

also

the less famous

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,

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doing a selection with difficult exams to be able to apply.

Therefore

, many

students

that take a gap

year

often struggle to pass these tests because they need more time to study and focus for many hours.

This

, will inevitably bring them a lot of pressure and sometimes

students

who have suffered particularly, prefer to find a job

instead

of

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another

year

finding the way to be accepted in

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university

. In conclusion, it is very common amongst

students

to have one

year

off before entering

university

.

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Although

,

this

comes with many benefits it is possible that for many of them would be a double edge sword.