The benefits of taking a gap year

BY DANIELLE CATALANO Contributing Writer

Taking a gap year has been considered a luxury accessible only to wealthy college-aged students who want to backpack around Europe, but it has become increasingly popular as more students begin to see its benefits.

The gap year allows students to get on their feet and recharge after putting so much effort into completing the past thirteen years of school.

Adults may think the break allows students to sit around and do nothing, but more times than not students use a gap year to experience the real world, which oftentimes includes working.

I spent my senior year of high school debating whether going to college right away was the right plan. My parents pushed me to start college immediately just as my siblings and most other students do. The pressure caused me to hastily pick a school and major strictly because I thought I needed to, which led to changing my major six times in the three years I’ve been at the University of New Haven. I would have benefited