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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?

#year #school #university
More and more
students
 take a gap
year
 before applying to
university
.
This
,
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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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 two
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halves
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, in order to cover their
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expences
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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
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comfortable
 and ready to depart, they generally choose inexpensive places close to the sea to enjoy and recharge
the
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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
today
todays
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 world, there is
a
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high competition to get into the best universities and
also
 the less famous
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,
are
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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
an
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university
. In conclusion, it is very common amongst
students
 to have one
year
 off before entering
university
.
Althought
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Although
,
this
 comes with many benefits it is possible that for many of them would be a double edge sword.
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