[nabs-l] making a decision about college

[Suzanne Germano]

I think the only reason to take a year off is if you think you need to go
to a center to gain blindness skills or if you were doing something like
volunteering for a year and it would benefit your degree or if you really
do not know what you want to major in and do not want to end up taking 6
years for a BS because you change majors and have to take extra classes.

But that won't necessarily happen. My daughter started in civil engineering
and ended up with a BS in biology and has extra courses like differential
equations and surveying that she did not need for bio. She still graduated
in 4 years Summa Cum Laude but had one semester with 21 units and had some
summer courses..

Your parents are wrong. Most college freshman are 18 and straight out of
high school. Most people do not take a year off. If you take a year off you
need to expakin that year to future employers.

I returned to school at 48. My Calc 3 class last semester was almost all
kids straight out of high school and 18 years old.

Suzanne


On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Antonio Guimaraes <freethaught at gmail.com>wrote:

> You may not have the sufficient training ad skills to take a year off and
> get job experience.
>
> You'll speed things up a lot if you go straight to college, or take time
> to get needed blindness skills as needed.
>
> Do I read it right that your mom thinks you should not be 18-years old ad
> interact with older students? Welcome to the world, and to becoming a adult.
>
> Whether you are ready, feel ready, or your parents feel you're ready to
> face the world, you must at some point puss off of their protective wings.
> They are not against you, but they probably fear loosing the parental
> control they naturally have now.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Antonio
>
> On May 4, 2014, at 10:07 AM, sami osborne <ligne14 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I am currently a junior in high school, and will therefore be graduating
> next ywhar.
> > My intention is to go to college after I graduate, as the jobs I want to
> do require at least a college degree.
> > However, my parents and I have been talking about whether to go to
> college right after high school or taking a gap year (a year between the
> end of high school and the end of college).
> > Only thing is, this is a really tough decision on my part, since first
> of all I know that it is my decision, and not my parent's, in the long run.
>  Secondly, this is also a hard decision to make because I know that there
> are benefits to both.
> > I know that in college you can study for the kind of job that you want
> to do, and in taking a gap year, you can for instance get more training in
> daily living skills.
> >
> > So I'm therefore asking, what would you guys advise me to do, go
> straight to college or take a gap year and then go?
> > I would really apreciate it if you could help me with this decision.
> >
> > Also, another thing, my mom told me that if I go strasght to college, I
> would be 18, I would be on the young side of the other students, do you
> think she's right?
> > Also, if you advise me to do the gap year, what sort of activities can I
> do during this year?
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Sami.
> >
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