I took a gap year in 2020 and it was the best decision I ever made 🙌🏽. My family was very supportive, I’ll be going to uni this year.

Thank you :) I was feeling really anxious as I’ve decided to take a gap year last September, and seeing all my friends going to uni makes me feel really left behind. But watching this video made me realised that my gap year doesn’t have to be all fancy and travelling, everyone’s pathway is different and I’m glad to have finally found what I’m truly passionate about after these past few months and I’ll be going to uni this coming September :)

I’m a junior in high school and am considering a gap year in order to figure out what I want to do. I always thought I’d jump right into college and get moving in my life, but I am now realizing that taking a break and slowing down can be beneficial. Thanks for the video!

Just graduated this 2020 & I'm taking a gap year! Probably also the right timing cause of this pandemic.

Bro, no more further research, you definitely explained everything i have to know. Gap year isn't bad, some people might use it as an abuse, but to me it's an oppurtunity for a lot of people to really take time to find themselves and what they are passionate about. Though it looks a bit risky and I still have to earn money, gap year is healthy and beneficial. I didn't realize i have older friends from church who are actually taking gap year and they're so friendly and open and i just see how they are enjoying life as of the moment. Thanks, i might consider trying gap year/semester when i graduate

I’m considering taking a gap year to save more money for college. I just don’t want to be in too much debt after I finish college because I want to get my bachelors and masters.

It is so hard to push through when you do not have a goal or do not know what you want to be. I will be taking a gap year after senior high. I didn't really learn anything during this pandemic, I only got mental health problems.

A gap year was the best decision I’ve made! SOLID video and great advice :) Couldn’t have said it better

senior in high school considering a gap year and this video helped a ton. loved how you talked about standardization and following the crowd and how it’s okay to take a different path. thanks!

im thinking that i should take a gap year because of i cant make up my mind on a career. im only a junior but how can i make a life changing decision when i havent even experienced life???

Thank you so much for the great advice! Most videos I have seen about gap years are negative, which worried me. You were positive about gap years and included your own story. I'm thinking about taking a gap year because of the coronavirus and I realized that I need a break from college to focus on myself.

Truly Inspirational!! I am in my final semester of Engineering! I switched my major many times which led me to taking 1 class this spring semester - kind of a gap semester. This gap semester helped me to realize that anyone can be ambitious/passionate in whatever they do, if they put their minds into it. Also, the support of great friends can be a catalyst to ones success. "Happiness comes from the passion that you have." 4:40 - I believe in that. Thank you for this great video!

Amazing Video! You've helped so many people, hope you get more subs and views!

I was an honors student, not the best student and felt like I was expected to go to college, I think I would’ve benefitted from a gap semester to make money and think more about the future 😊 A gap year is good when you know what you want from it, if you want to discover your interests, work for college, and be cognizant of your goals

Wish I had got this advice in college haha. I never ended up doing a gap year even though I had considered it. I was probably a little too bought into the myths at the time. Great video man!

Amazing advice & very well-said! Thank you for the motivation!!

Really cool video!👍🏻😁it really helped me

Thanks for sharing your experience. Very informative.

Thank you sooooon much!!! This video really helped me!

I want to take a year off high school because I’ve been failing ever since I’ve been in middle school and my mental health is down the drain but parents think I’m going to be left behind and they think I’m being lazy and don’t want to try. I wish they understood that I just want a year to help myself

I took two gap years, I’ve traveling (football ⚽️) , I got a job and I’ve been my father’s right hand, that helped me a lot to think what a really want in life , big difference 2 years ago, next year im going to uni 😁🤝

I'm taking a gap year right now and I have no idea what to do. I want to travel and gain more esperience, but I have no idea how. I want to appreciate school more and be able to understand myself but I still don't know how. So right now I feel stuck and tyat I'm going no where.

This information was really helpful! I am a high school senior who is considering taking a gap year after high school. Thanks for sharing! My question is that how did you convince your parents to let you take gap years? Were they against it?

Hello, I'm a student of the last high school year and I realised I don't know who I want to be in the future. I'm thinking about taking a gap year but my parents n relatives don't support me and think that's the worst idea:( Thank you for your video it helped me realise that talking a gap year is OK

HI! i love your perspective about gap year and i'm considering to take a gap year because i was just graduated this 2020. but unfortunately in my country a lot of people misconception about gap year, they are thinking that it just a shame thing to do and wasting time to do like that. so how should i convince my parents that gap year can be so awesome thing to and not make them worry about my future?

GREAT ADVICE! This video diffidently impacted my decision to take a gap year. I am a senior in high school, and I missed a lot of deadlines for college, but I am a great student; I am in dual enrollment and was just too caught up in work! So my question to you is that since I missed many deadlines for my top choices, I can still apply to a few colleges (but I feel as if it would be rushed), should I? I want to take a gap year, but I don't know how that will affect my chances of getting grants and scholarships!

I am a little older than people in this comment section. But I graduated in 2017, pressure to getting my degree in city college at 21(switching majors a lot), and forced into university right away. I failed, several times because of not knowing who I was or what I wanted to be. Now that I’m alone and on my own I feel like it’s time to finally take the gap year I always wanted. I took a semester off thinking it was enough but still burnt myself out on the side. I am finally FINALLY trying this gap year the right way. I’m going to be 23 years old. There is NO rush into figuring out what you want to do in college. I feel like if I waited another semester I’d be way happier where I was. Don’t push yourself into thinking life is just college. I lost myself greatly because of that and made it my whole persona. I love college and will go back, but that’s future me. Worry about the present and take care of yourself. No rush. Thanks for the video. 🤍

Hi! I’m a junior in high school considering taking a gap year and I want to know if it’s imperative that we apply for colleges before taking our gap year or if it’s possible to apply after taking it (having gained experience that we might be able to reflect on in our essays (?))

Hmm. Is it a valid story to be in a gap year currently with the perspective of “taking a break”? I graduated from high school during the summer of 2020 and so far it has been pretty uneventful though I have spent plenty of time, in early dawn, walking around the neighborhood and just thinking. I would have been vulnerably unprepared on many topics had I rushed for college admission through the intense uncertainty I lived through during my senior year. I suppose I can point out that my high school days detrimentally damaged my happiness and hope for any future and as I was visited by several suicidal attempts as well as a lack of excitement for my life by clinical depression. But during the fall of 2020 I discovered I was on the spectrum, which was valuable since it practically validates my particular perspective of the world, and I have become inclined to consider that attribute in deciding what to do with my life. I am not sure what way to finish this comment, though due to the current situation and a lack of resources on my end I am not running through the ‘sparkling’ experience of what a glamorized gap year ‘should’ be. I was able to abandon and wash away a message, which I was previously convinced of by the culture of my high school, that attending a prestigious school or place defines my soul. Simply wandering around in solitary confinement during this unique time has made me acknowledge all my cripplingly lonely years and the need to readily teach myself happiness and a drive for vocation through my college journey. If any of what I described legitimately counts as something valuable then I would be rejuvenated from sporadic and intense discouragement I currently endure out of comparing the online narrative concerning “the gap year” and my own take with this year. I feel the scrutinizing eyes of the world and am feeling somewhat ashamed at what looks like a ‘wasted’ year. But I know that somehow my 2021 self is not the same as my 2020 self. Thank you.

This video was brilliant. So well explained

Hi there! This video was very helpful! I graduated high school in spring 2021 and am fully committed to Montana State in the fall but am now having second thoughts if that’s really the school I want to go to or if I should even go to school this fall. If I did take a gap year how would I make sure it doesn’t turn into me being “lazy” and having an average day to day routine? If I did take one, I would want to make the most out of that year but I’m not sure how I would go about this. What do you recommend?

Thank you so much for this very informative video! I am currently a college student in my second semester, but I'm considering taking a gap year or gap semester after this first year. After the first semester of studying biomedical sciences, I realized that I actually want to study animation/illustration after all. I wanted to study art before, but I was convinced that I wouldn't be able to make money out of it. However, I know that this isn't true anymore. If I work really hard for something that I'm passionate about, I believe that I'll be able to earn money from it. I have learned a lot about myself and met a lot of amazing people at college, so I don't think it was a complete waste of time. However, I do still regret that it took me this long to figure out how much I want to study art. I am going to apply for art school either in Spring 2023 or Fall 2023, which means that I will need to take 1-2 semesters off. I was worried that I might wasted my time or that it would be really bad to delay my graduation from college like that, but your video shows me that I can even earn some money while exploring my passion! The hardest first step for me will be to convince my parents to support me in pursuing an artistic career. I'll try my best to put together a presentation to show them why and how I can become a professional artist :)

This is a very inspiring video and a topic that is not touched on enough! I have a question. I am a senior in high school and I have always planed that I would take a gap year as a way of gaining more experiences and better understanding what my passion is. But unlike you, I have made the decision to apply to college after my gap year because I think including my new experiences and perspectives in my college applications will give me a better chance. As well as I think I will be a different person after my gap year. Do you think I have made a good decision?

I'll leave a comment here too As a HS Junior im so scared of college lol :,) Mainly because my parents are pressuring me to go to college or at least community college after HS.I want to take a gap semester/year bc I dont know what I'd want to major in and I feel a lot less emotionally mature than my peers so I want some time to help myself. But my parents are so iffy about me 'wasting my time'

Can't thank you enough for making this video :)

Thank u very helpful, very well put

Thank you! this was very useful for me at the exact right moment! (on my gap year right now!) Do you have any advice on how to start a small business? I want to because, you know, I have lots of free time and it would be a new experience but I dont really know where to start..

Needed this bro, thanks

Honestly I just wana experiment with life and ideas and see how that works out, I believe in education. I’m taking a gap year and I plan to go back next year unless things work out for me :)

Do I have to get into a college first before taking a gap year or do I just apply a year after I was suppose to?

I took gap year! I’m so happy 😀

thank you so much this is really helpful! anyone happen to have advice for talking your parents into being ok with it 😅

I’m considering taking a gap year in 2022/23 I’m hoping that I will be able to travel to most places (post COVID) and to see the 7 wonders of the world. I’ve been doing a Civil Engineering apprenticeship since I was 16 and I’m turning 20 and I’m not having the greatest time so I think I need to take a break and put my savings into good life experience

Hi, I just recently graduated high school and started the application process for a few universities to study medicine . The problem is I don’t feel ready at all. A little intel, I’ve been dealing with a lot of anxiety for the past 2 years and had a really hard time towards the end of high school. Since the field I want to study is well... rather difficult and requires a lot of hard work, I’ve seriously been considering taking a gap year so I can work on myself and allow myself to rest.My biggest fear tho is that my parents might not support the idea and I’m terrified to even bring it up to them. Any advice??

Ever since the covid-19 lockdown I've been stressed and every semester goes by and I find myself just trying to finish what I've been tasked with without gaining any knowledge or know what I learned since there are no people I know around because all have went to their own countries to study online so I can't consult them and I don't have anyone to talk to other than the supermarket clerk. I'm thinking or taking a semester or two off I want to know if it's a good idea or do the disadvantages out weight the good?

I took a gap year just because I didn’t know what to do and didn’t want to go to college without an idea but now I feel so behind. My class is graduating this year and I won’t until next year at the age of 23 :(

can I just take year off after high school and just not apply for colleges right after but apply for them after a year

I'm taking a gap year right now and I think it was an awesome decision!

When taking a Gap year do you have to be accepted into a college first, and then ask if they allow Gap years, or is it simply taking time to figure out yourself before applying and being accepted?

Bro if I've not got any admissions to a college but just taking a gap year and not a gap semester will that affect my admission??

Will the gap affect my university admission? Will they say, for example, that you have a gap and that we will not accept you into our university?

Hey David! So I’ve been considering taking a gap year because I’m not really sure what I want to do yet. I’ve been involved in school and have a pretty decent GPA. If I take a gap year could I still apply for scholarships?

hey David.. im graduating this may'21 and ive even gotten the acceptance letter from the college i want to do my masters but now im having second thoughts bout it. i want to take a gap year but im not sure if that's a great idea.. help :/

I did my first year of university and I did really bad. Mostly my fault but partially due to outside reasons. I’ve decided I wanted a year off to figure my shit out and my parents have not been supportive of it at all. I’m working on a plan on what I will due and how I can use it to come back to university stronger than before but all I feel is stress and guilt. I’m not sure if I made the right decision

thanks for your encouragement

I want to take a gap year so I can do this one year long internship/program called year up. I’ve heard it had changed life’s and I want to see because I think it would benefit me a lot although I don’t think you can do this and college at the same time so that’s why I have to take a gap year to do this internship/ program. All I want to know is will this help towards my career since I’m doing something valuable and learning more skills?

I'll complete my UG till june but before doing masters thinking about 1 yr gap to develop more skills and perfect my scientific knowledge. I'm a BSc student.

I’m currently in my 2nd year of community college and I have done pretty bad so far. With the pandemic and everything being online, I haven’t found any motivation for academics and I’m completely burnt out. I want to take a gap year but I don’t know if I’m making a bad decision for me. Any advice helps.

I'm nervous to take a GAP year because what if you are 25 and take GAP year until your program begins? Fall 2022. Goal to be to move and get used to the new state its located at and maybe work a little to save more money for the program. I'm scared I'm too old or wasting time if I do . I'm no longer 17 or 16 :(. Just getting into pursuing my education again and I don't want to take a GAP year to fall behind and have time pass me by even further. Any thoughts or advice ?

thank you for this video

heyyy I wish I watch this before I got to uni and I am surrounded my self with successful internships and I feel empty inside

I think a gap year is also important because it helps you to keep gaining knowledge of the thing you want to achieve. I have spoken to many people about taking a gap year, but some are just against it. I just don't know. It's highly debated.

I'm 20 years old rn. And i want to take a gap year cuz all the past years have been so tiring for 2 years i study like for 15 hours everyday for medical test but couldn't make it. Now i want to take a gap year to give a rest to my brain. And also the due dates for highly ranked uni's have been passed. So its like a gap semester not a year. But i don't wanna regret watching my friends living their uni life. :(

i decide to take gap year to do study aboard internships that in major i might be or not interested in . i want make for myself that this what i want to do before going to college .

Heyy !! I just graduated in the late 2020 cuz of the pandemic and I'm planning on taking a gap year. As an international student can I apply for internship programs to other countries.

Makes sense thanks

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I might take a gap year after my final year in high school, can I apply to the college before i take the gap year, and requesting for a deferral, or is it better that I apply after finishing school, once i get into my gap year, and are both of these options allowed in colleges?

I just finish my undergraduate years im not sure about doing masters because im not sure that masters will facilitate my dream initiatives

I'm taking a (sort of) compulsory gap year so that my family doesn't have to pay international uni fees (we have to live here 3 years to qualify for home fees)

I wasn’t accepted in uni and spent 1 year 8 months, I was so scared and my parents were disrespecting me a lot. But now I’m a computer engineering.

So I've just finished year 12 (I'm 1 year off going to uni technically), and for this entire year, my school has been drilling in career paths and uni choices into my head, to the point where I've had multiple breakdowns thinking and worrying about my future. I'm thinking that after I finish my A Levels next year, I'm going to have a gap year, in which I will try to work as much as possible, travel, see my friends, and decide what initial path I want to take. Does this sound like a good idea? I know that it's my choice, but it really is something that I get overly stressed about, and I feel like I should just take a "moment" to breathe. - B

I started college in the fall of 2020 then decided to stay to help my family. I didn’t go back for spring and fall this year is it okay for me to go back this spring coming up?

Since you are replying to comments here, I'm also leaving a comment. I am looking forward to take a gap year after my O'levels. Please direct me if I should or not. My family is going through some financial crises too, so I want to get independent first, and then continue my studies so that I could do my Alevels from a top school and then from a top university on scholarship. Please tell what should I do..

What are the costs used for gap year? Is it just the residential or do we have to pay something to the college?

Thanku so much for this amazing video My question is that is have taken a gap year in 2020 and that was also a pandemic year. Hopefully I was preparing myself for the thing that I want to do. I was really focused about that thing but, in the end I didn't get that. I am really worried about it now, what can I do?

I'm in my last year of undergrad and I'm thinking taking a year gap before I go to pursue my masters. I feel like I don't have enough skill or knowledge yet . Is it okay to do so? I really don't have confidence that I can do well in masters if I joined right away and I'm considering doing my masters abrod.

I am thinking of taking a gap year once I get my associate degree before I transfer to a 4 year

I already took 1 gap year and because of pandemic i didn't apply for college to study abroad. Does taking one more gap year again affect probability of getting accepted by college? Note:(For UK University)

Im kinda afraid of the fact that i would be older than everyone my year... and i wont be able to find good friends or good company.. ik college is not to find friends but right now i really need it.. i have no idea what to do with my life and i live in india where taking gap years is really frowned upon... someone pls tell me what to do...

I just want to take a gap year to search my interest and passion in specific major...But I am kinda afraid. Help Me. Edit: I am completing grade 12 this year.

Do you think you should take one right out of high school or wait until like halfway through?

I've just taken a gap year but my family is really against about it. Also they want me to change the subjects which i want to study after the gap year.

Im 19 years old, i be graduating this year. I know nothing about myself.... Or what i wanna do... I live in Texas... Btw.. So is it okay to take a gap year?

Great video

Hello! I am an exchange student here in USA. I have a hard time to understand myself and what is my true passion. I am thinking to go to college but i think gap year would be helpful to understand what is better for me. I am planning to work during my gap year and take courses, but many people say that it is risky because after taking a gap year will make you stay in that routine of work and joy of life without studying. My question is that true? Can you share how was it in your own example . What else would you suggest to do during gap year? Thank you!

I recently got a very good job offer as a sales representative thought about taking a gab year stlll not sure

I took a 2 gap year after High school but now i am a BSC computer student it was good but now there is a like i too old from the rest of the students and it kind a feel weird.

Hello I am from Ethiopia. I finished high school 4 years ago but now I want to apply colleges in USA. Is it possible to apply after all these years ?

Thank tou

Is a Gap year after Graduating a good idea? I'm scared yet excited, what if I take a gap year and end up doing nothing?

What if a gap year in 11th grade before finishing highschool and before applying collage,then after will it be bad to apply.pls dont pass its gonna be life savior for me🙏

Do gap years affect my acceptance into university?

How many gap years have you taken?

Hii bro...ur new subscriber here U hv explained everything brilliantly but I hv one question plz answer: Actually I am currently going to 11th grade after my 10th exams which is probably gonna be next month...due to covid I left all my hobbies procastinated alot studied 1 month before exams but still managed to get 90 percent(●'◡'●) but now by god grace I m on track but I am thinking of taking a gap year for improving me as a whole as I think I hv left behind many things and will rectify my errors and be productive and do as much as I can,I m from INDIA and here its not common to take gap year and 1 in a 1000 students take gap year....bro I m kinda confused plz help me!!!😭

US and Indian Education are really different!!In India taking Gap year is considered bad.

I just had a deja vu

Is is a gap year when the Corona made that kind of decision?