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Should I take a gap year before going to college?
I am seriously considering taking a gap year before going to travel in Southeast Asia and South America. I really would love to spend time in China and see the Beijing Olympics as well as introduce myself to the language, since I want to study Chinese and Spanish extensively in college. I also want to volunteer in countries such as Thailand, Laos, and Bali, as well as complete a homestay in Argentina to improve my Spanish and then backpack through South America.
I've already been accepted to college and they said that I can always enroll next year, but I'm afraid that I'll lose focus and drive. However at the same time, I feel like traveling can introduce me to an entirely new perspective and inspire me even more to work harder, especially since I plan on majoring in International Relations.
Is it a good idea to go before college and risk losing motivation? And would my travels really help me increase my Spanish and Chinese language skills?
I have many classmates and peers who took gap years off and found that it was a very rewarding experience, but it differs from person to person. You need to ask yourself if going to college is something you really, really want now; if so, then if you take a gap year, just make sure to remain focused and keep yourself from straying away from college-- unless you truly feel like your experiences have changed your opinion on what it is you want to do and whether or not a college education would help you reach that goal. Otherwise, if you return to college, you will gradually readjust to your previous drive. For International Relations, I do know that a college degree is absolutely vital in doing anything more than volunteer or missionary work.
The best way to improve a language is to immerse yourself completely in a place that speaks it, but you would really need to make sure to keep yourself from falling back on English. It would definitely increase your skills! The biggest risk, though, is losing those skills when you got back to the US because of disuse or lack of practice. So be careful.
Just a word of advice on the Beijing Olympics: tickets, volunteer opportunities, and hotels are going very, very very very quickly so better get on that early if you'd like to be in Beijing in August! Best wishes!
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