Gap Years in general

Gap Years mean that you are just taking some time of education for a while. People have gap years for around 2 years most of the time. It means rather than going back to education you are just resting at home or even working to earn some money before actually going into education. Gap years are a good way of saving money before going to uni. I took a gap year and got to say it is worth taking out some time from education. Why just go straight to Uni after college? Their is no point because you will need money for your courses and even location depending which uni you go to. When in a gap year its important that you are actually working and covering ...  Read the complete review

Before you take out a gap year you need to know exactly what you are doing. With the summer coming up soon and those looking to go university I thought I would share some tips on how to organize your gap year.Research is one important step needed to be done. What are you going to do in your gap year? A holiday? or maybe even a job?You need to sort everything out from the date your last exam is. One your last exam is over you basically will have nothing to do. My hints would be find a job in advance.Before your exams finish take some time each day around one hour and start applying for work. You can make your money and once you come back the year ...  Read the complete review

Gap years are gaining popularity, thousands of people of all ages decide to get away and experience what our planet has to offer. The opportunities are endless, we are extremely lucky to live on such a wonderful planet, so rich and diverse with millions of species, many of which we have not even discovered yet! Whatever your preferences there is a huge variety of activities and locations to choose from. I personally spent the majority of my gap year in Morzine located in the French Alps, i worked on the lifts and snowboarded and partied the rest of the time. Now i understand some of you may be thinking 'well thats a waste of time, surely it's more important to advance in ...  Read the complete review

Although I admit I haven't read the book, I have reservations on people taking gap years. If you have loads of guaranteed cash to see them through the future then maybe you can. If you are ordinary, independent on the other hand, then think again. You the students have studied since the age of five up to your GCSEs and A Levels. You believe you are entitled to a rest before possibly going off to University with encouragement of the Government and the planned improvement for further education. Fair enough you have earned a holiday for all the hard work you have put in. But don't be fooled by the bureaucracy of our Government and educational systems that want to ...  Read the complete review

Well I was greedy and ended up taking two gap years, not by choice but because I didn't have a uni place lined up in time! Anyway, they ended up being the best 2 years of my life. I began with a weekend's holiday in Paris with my boyfriend at the time, and then headed over to Holland to work on a bulb farm. The hours were long and the money not great, £4 an hour for mind-numbing work, but it was a good laugh and we worked with some great Polish people. In the autumn it was time to head over to the USA where I spent a month volunteering with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy in the Smoky Mountains. This was one of the highlights of my two years, as we camped ...  Read the complete review