I'm going on gap year to england at a boarding school...anyone else doing something similar? I rekkon taking a year off will be soo worthwhile, i couldnt stand going from school straight to uni, i would probably die of frustration.
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I'd love to take some time off after Year 12 but agree that a year seems way too long... so what u did was complete the equivalent of first semester at MQ uni but during the actual second semester? how does this fit in w everyone elses degrees and is it difficutl to arrange?Yeah, here's to writing from Turkey!
İnstead of taking a full year off, İ left at the start of January for 4 months İtalıan lessons in Firenze (my family joining me there in March), a month with them in a campervan touring around Europe (8300km!), and İm here alternating between İstanbul and İzmir untill a week before the second semester of MQ Uni at the end of July...
İ stil cant believe we packed in so much into such a short time, but the language school, famıly İ stayed with for the 2 months, tour- İt was all amazing, and it sounds corny but İ learned heaps about myself and how to cope. İ wouldnt really recommend a year off though- far too long.
Hi Peartie, i was just wondering what organization you went through then, I'm really interested in going next year, but I don't even know where to start looking!I worked at a Boarding School in England for a GAP year back in 06...it was a great experience! I went through an organisation because it was that much easier - although i did try some individual school as well.
The Problem with organising it individually is for visas you need to be able to show you can support yourself (ie have x amount of pounds or get parents to write a letter saying they will financially support you).
I say GO! Gap years are awesome, well at least mine was, and when I was back in Europe this year I went back to the school I was at in England to say hi to everyone - met people back in 06 whom I still talk to and get along with today....