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

Most of the students yearly decided to have
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that
year
, you will lose your
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to earn money with
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jobs and do
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about their future.
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off after
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has some
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if you did not have a
plan
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, you will lose one of your useful
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you can learn lots of new things but you just spend it with nothing.
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, when you are far from
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system, your fellow classmates will
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you by learning new skills in university and college.
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your friends are going to
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university and earn knowledge but you are at home and your knowledge will not improve.
Therefore
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off. On the other, you can use that
year
to learn many new skills and complete your research about your interests and what you want to study.
Also
, that
year
can be a really good
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you can save money and earn experience.
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you still do not know in what field you can be
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successful or what is your interest, so
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that
year
you can complete your
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about different types of careers and universities, in the meantime, you can work which the money you will earn can be helpful for your future.
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such
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of
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off can be abysmal for you if just spending your
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and doing nothing when your classmates all improving their knowledge, while having a
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by yourself what you want to do
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that
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your future way better and get ready for it with working and earning experience.
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  • gap year
  • work experience
  • internships
  • traveling
  • life experiences
  • personal development
  • independent
  • self-reliant
  • educational progress
  • graduation timeline
  • financial burden
  • academic momentum
  • structured academic environment
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