Pros and Cons to Taking a Gap Year

The economic principle I’m exploring is scarcity. My research question to help me study the economic principle is “What Are the Pros and Cons to Taking a Gap Year?”

 The article published in College Raptor titled “Pros and Cons of Taking a Gap Year Before College” demonstrates this economic principle because it helps to show an unbiased approach to determining if students would like to take a gap year. If students looked up information or researched gap years most articles that would pop up would be biased on one side, but bu including pros and cons it’s easier to decide.

 Many students choose to take a gap year before college, whether it is to get some work experience, volunteer, earn some money for their advanced education or travel the world and gain experiences that may help them during their degree. Some pros to taking a gap year include; Time to think and figure out what you would like to do, you learn responsibility at a whole different level, you can submit a more impressive application, you can earn towards your education. Students in high school may have a hard time thinking about what they would like to do due to the insane schedule and work to prep for a huge decision. Secondly, most students have led a sheltered life with their parent there to aid them in anything and everything. t can be difficult to suddenly take on a whole lot of responsibilities overnight. As a college student living away from home for the first time, the thought of having to manage finances as well university stresses and dorm life can be overwhelming. Taking on a job during your gap year or even volunteering in another country will help you gain essential life-skills and learn responsibility on a different level. With experiences gained from taking a gap year students have the opportunities to further improve their applications or even get a job to help support themselves.

However there are some cons to taking a gap year; it puts you a year behind, you take the risk of losing momentum, and gap years can be extremely costly. Taking that year off will put you further back on the educational process and also a year behind your friends.While taking a gap year can be a refreshing break from non-stop studying, many students find it difficult to get back into schedule and regain their student momentum. Lastly, many students want to travel around and explore during their gap year, but this can be an expensive endeavor that will ultimately add to your student debt—money spent is not money saved, after all.

 In my next blog post I will research: How a Gap year can change students perspective and attitude