What are the Benefits of Going to College … Later?
The advantages of going to college after taking a year or more off are obvious: high school graduates are young, eager to explore the world and perhaps have some money squirreled away from graduation gifts that may now become a travel fund. Spending a year abroad or even just traveling around the United States provides the graduate with insight, life and work experiences and an overall maturing that could not be garnered by merely hitting the books at a college. Understanding the value of going to college, these recent high school graduates may follow up on their ideas for college majors by trying out temporary jobs and seeing if they are truly as certain about a lifetime career as they were in 12th grade. This has the potential of cutting down on requests to change majors once enrolled in college. Unfortunately, going to college as a non-traditional student does have serious drawbacks.
