tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080558.post112765728661197621..comments2024-03-20T03:54:53.101-05:00Comments on SpaceBeagle: Gap Years = education reformToddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817043549668896479noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080558.post-1127768141674191232005-09-26T15:55:00.000-05:002005-09-26T15:55:00.000-05:00Some colleges do allow for "deferred admission." F...Some colleges do allow for "deferred admission." For example, <A HREF="http://www.amherst.edu/admission/process/deadlines.html" REL="nofollow">Amherst </A> says "An admitted first year student may, with the permission of the Director of Admission, defer matriculation for a year without reapplying."<BR/><BR/>Minnesota's own <A HREF="http://www.macalester.edu/admissions/applying/early_decision.html" REL="nofollow">Macalester College</A> also allows deffered admission.<BR/><BR/>These are just two colleges I picked out from a Google search. It appears that the concept is more widely used at the graduate level than the undergraduate.<BR/><BR/>I agree, the concept may be good for a lot of students. It would need some more institutional support (high schools, colleges, primarily) to take off.PolicyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00261883864546062731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080558.post-1127731259788448102005-09-26T05:40:00.000-05:002005-09-26T05:40:00.000-05:00I agree that good Gap year experience is valiable....I agree that good Gap year experience is valiable. After 35 years as a professor I also think many students who go to college should have been diverted to trade school and become electricians ... they would make a lot of money and we would have fewer useless psychologists or people who delayed their income for nothing by 4 years of college!<BR/><BR/><B>Two years in the military or a national mandatory service corps helping the poor and drowning in New Orleans would also be a good alternative</B> <BR/><BR/>I would say that a year of bumming around foreign countries and tutoring in English and dealing with culture shock is the best experience!<BR/><BR/>Nice Blog!<BR/><BR/>Dr PoliticsSteffen Schmidt (and Michael McCoy -on ID Theft)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11323234529671045655noreply@blogger.com