For those who have not been tested by a gap year up the Amazon, Glastonbury can be a gap weekend - and I'm not talking about memory loss here.
Tatiana's hard work and lashings of 'midnight oil' resulted in four As at A-level, and a coveted place at Balliol, preceded by a gap year on a well-drilling project in Angola … sadly, Rob's father (Doug, aged 87) passed away peacefully at his nursing home in Thurso during October, though a conflict with Rob's acceptance of his Design Centre award prevented us from attending the funeral.
By taking a gap year, you can test drive a few options, and it just might be the solution, at least for some of us, to help direct the next steps in our career.
More often than not, this is not the case, but make sure to check with the college to make sure your acceptance, financial package, etc. won't be affected by taking a gap year.
Choosing what to do after high school graduation is a "big decision," McBride said, lauding Malia for appearing to make a choice that is right for her by taking a gap year, a move that is "more common than it used to be".
It's true that the college comedy – created by writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong during a gap year from their other Channel 4 hit Peep Show – has the advantage over most dramatic storylines of a built-in reason for the characters to come back for a second term: that's exactly what university students do.
A recent presentation on a gap year by a Brookfield High graduate prompted visits by a dozen interested students to the guidance office, said the school's guidance director, Jean Baker.
If there's something you've always wanted to do but been held back by a lack of time, a gap year is the time to do it.
Instead, it's something closer to a male Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert's bestseller about how a woman recovered from a painful divorce by going on one hell of a gap year.
His decision means that the fifth series will not be shown until 2010, two years after the fourth series airs next year, effectively creating a "gap year" filled by three Doctor Who specials starring Tennant and overseen by head writer and executive producer Russell T Davies.
Go on the government website and give them your opinions and take a gap year from uni by doing your civic duty.
