To go now or next year?

SureYWouldntYa

My dilemna is simple, to go to college straight away or take a gap year.

A good friend is applyin for the same course as me (computer science in trinity) and id love to go to college with someone i know. Thing is he's fully sure about going straight away and im not. Should i do what everyone is telling me and wait until 2013 to start or go in 2012?

jimmycrackcorm

I'd take the gap year if I could - it's the best chance you have. Don't forget that you'd still then be in college with your friend for at least a few years, just not sitting together.

head off to nz, see a bit of the world, get some savings and come back when the country is less buggered!

thunderdog

I was in a similar situation to you...I did science in Trinity..took a year off beforehand while my friend went straight in. Had a great year, while he failed and dropped out..worked a lot of the year off so was dying to get to college by the end of the year off

SureYWouldntYa

Its not as simple as yad think. If i stay i do sum ****y PLC course which achieves nothing and maybe work 1/2 nights a week in family pub. Tbf i wud be only 17 1/2 goin off but i hope id b betr off doin sumin worthwhile than stayin in this ****hole in Leitrim/Roscommon

thunderdog

I suppose you could travel or go work in a biggger town maybe.

Good to get a break before college though.

Cailin CoisFarraige

I reckon it depends a lot on the type of person you are. Do you think you would struggle to get back into the swing of going to classes, studying, assignments etc. if you took a year out? Or if you went straight away, can you see yourself getting fed up with exams and the like if you go into college now?

Personally I don't think I would have the patience to go back into education if I had taken time out, I would've gotten too used to the lifestyle. However I have a close friend who went working as an au pair in France for 18 months before starting and it did her the world of good, and she's back in college now.

You also might want to look at the fees in whichever college you're thinking of attending. Its likely that a lot of charges are going to increase over the next few years. Ask yourself honestly, if fees increase while you're travelling/working, could you afford to go to college after the gap year?

CIARAN_BOYLE

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

Its not as simple as yad think. If i stay i do sum ****y PLC course which achieves nothing and maybe work 1/2 nights a week in family pub. Tbf i wud be only 17 1/2 goin off but i hope id b betr off doin sumin worthwhile than stayin in this ****hole in Leitrim/Roscommon

Then don't take the gap. If you have something good to do take a gap year otherwise don't

randylonghorn

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

Its not as simple as yad think. If i stay i do sum ****y PLC course which achieves nothing and maybe work 1/2 nights a week in family pub. Tbf i wud be only 17 1/2 goin off but i hope id b betr off doin sumin worthwhile than stayin in this ****hole in Leitrim/Roscommon

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