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School, internships, travel, work? I'm planning on taking a year off to work/ski, but I'd like to hear about what you guys did after school and how it affected your future.
Being a HS senior is fun, but it is getting more and more stressful as graduation approaches. I got accepted to some schools, but I'm just not feeling ready.
theBearJewCollege.
Graduated in 4 years, worked enough to quit my job soon after I graduated, travel for 2 months, then go back real world.
Go to college, work, ski, graduate. Then take a year off of life travel, ski, take odd jobs. Then start your life. Youll be older and appreciate the experience more.
I went to college because I didn't have any other choice (thanks mom and dad).
I'm in my third year and even though I really enjoy school, I know if I were to have taken a year or semester off I would have never gone back. If you have some direction in your life and are somewhat confident in what you want to do/where you want to go, I say just go to college.
You said you want to take a year off to work and ski. You can still do those things in college(: Unless you mean like going 110% in both, then maybe you can't haha. You can take advantage of the longer breaks/shorter semesters than high school to do your own thing. I work 10-15 hours per week and still get about 60-70 days per season, so if you're worried about that, it's doable!
College, i would recommend this too. Taking a year after highschool is kinds pointless IMO. Its much more worthwhile to go straight into college, get it done and then youre 22/23 when you graduate which I think is a much better age to travel/ski/work than 18/19.
Most people i know who take time off then go to school feel out of place (everyone is younger) and then get frustrated when everyone they know is graduated and they have two more years of school still. Just something to think about.
MinggI went to college because I didn't have any other choice (thanks mom and dad).I'm in my third year and even though I really enjoy school, I know if I were to have taken a year or semester off I would have never gone back. If you have some direction in your life and are somewhat confident in what you want to do/where you want to go, I say just go to college.
You said you want to take a year off to work and ski. You can still do those things in college(: Unless you mean like going 110% in both, then maybe you can't haha. You can take advantage of the longer breaks/shorter semesters than high school to do your own thing. I work 10-15 hours per week and still get about 60-70 days per season, so if you're worried about that, it's doable!
This. It's not hard to do both.
It's hillarious because a bunch of kids I know took a year off to ski and stuff and then I skied way more than them while in college. I got almost 90 days last year and they sat in their ass with like 30.
After I graduated high school, I backpacked through Europe with my twin brother. Then I spent the rest of the year at a non-academic boarding school in Norway, where my "major" was skiing and we went on trips to Austria, Spain, England...it was a killer year.
Some people look down on gap years (and those are the people that think there's a set path from the moment you enter kindergarten til the day you die) but if there's any advice I can give to someone, it's take time to travel. Learn about yourself, do things you wouldn't normally do, eat all different kinds of food, talk to strangers, write, read, look around, discover, and be thankful.
Learning these things helped me prepare for college. Don't go somewhere or do something just because someone is telling you to, be in control of your own life. Do your own thang.
If you don't want to go to college like a normal middle class kid and be around kids your age and have fun and party... then maybe think about other options long term. You're unlikely to get anything meaningful out of it and it may take well over 4 years if you go to college when you are older than everyone else you won't want to live in dorms and shit.
Think about a trade. If you want to live in a ski town and have money and not be a broke ass being an electrician or carpenter or plumber is an extremely good route to go. Those guys are booked out for months because the demand is so high and there aren't many of them. People have no idea how hard it is to get someone in to simply fix a leaky faucet in a ski town.
1 year is just one year though you won't feel old if that is all the time you take off. Try and pick something to want to do. You have no idea how much bigger an advantage kids your age who know what they want to do have over you in college. In this day in age you can forget about ever being a teacher before you are 28-29 years old if you haven't decided to major in Education by the time you are 19 for example. If you decide junior year you want to be a teacher it will already be way too late.
dkirseAfter I graduated high school, I backpacked through Europe with my twin brother. Then I spent the rest of the year at a non-academic boarding school in Norway, where my "major" was skiing and we went on trips to Austria, Spain, England...it was a killer year.Some people look down on gap years (and those are the people that think there's a set path from the moment you enter kindergarten til the day you die) but if there's any advice I can give to someone, it's take time to travel. Learn about yourself, do things you wouldn't normally do, eat all different kinds of food, talk to strangers, write, read, look around, discover, and be thankful.
Learning these things helped me prepare for college. Don't go somewhere or do something just because someone is telling you to, be in control of your own life. Do your own thang.
Thats cool. Sounds expensive.
"Learn about yourself, do things you wouldn't normally do, eat all different kinds of food, talk to strangers, write, read, look around, discover, and be thankful".
Funny, this sounds exactly like college...
RparrDon't go to school for something you can't stand. I just finished my engineering degree and it was basically four years of mental prison.
Haha the engineering workplace is nothing like school. Same can be said for all majors.
Personally, I don't like engineering. But I do enjoy the people I work with, the money I make, the hours I work, and the lifestyle it provides.
Don't pick a major you hate, but be realistic in your expectations. Majoring in history, while enjoyable, will likely lead to a lifetime of ramen and roommates for example ;).
I busted ass for 4 short years, and it has set me up quite well in life. Especially for someone like myself who isn't the type A go-getter hyper motivated individual.
californiagrownWhere did you work and where are you working now? Do you love it? Good long term prospects?
I went right into construction and have been doing it ever since. I build things with my hands. I live at my home mountain and I get time off whenever I want. No kids. Just a wife and a dog. Nailed it.
powderdrunkieI went right into construction and have been doing it ever since. I build things with my hands. I live at my home mountain and I get time off whenever I want. No kids. Just a wife and a dog. Nailed it.
Sounds like hard ass work, glad you like it though. Hopefully you can transition to more of a foreman/managerial role before your body gets too beat up :)
Do you work all year round or follow the traditional work hard in the summer and collect unemployment during the winter? Or do you make enough for the whole year just during the summer?
GlibAbroadDRUGS
Yea this
I went to college in Bozeman and for a year I even went to class.
No but for real if you pick a college with a great location you will have an awesome time. And it's easy to plan to ski 2-4 days a week at least in college. I ended up taking 2 years off after 3 semesters but i am re enrolling next fall and I am happy with my choice. I have most all pre reqs out of the way and am very motivated to go back because I have already experienced class and I am motivated to study biology. Also know how bad it sucks to work a shitty kitchen job and be broke but ride 5 days a week and I am very tired of it.
I didn't know what I wanted to do.
I took a year off and got a few different jobs in different fields. Worked as an electician, worked for a mortgage lender, and worked as a street team member for a concert producer.
I found out what I didn't like, what I could tolerate, and what I liked. Went back to school the next Fall and graduated.
Best decision I could have made.
montageskierI didn't know what I wanted to do.I took a year off and got a few different jobs in different fields. Worked as an electician, worked for a mortgage lender, and worked as a street team member for a concert producer.
I found out what I didn't like, what I could tolerate, and what I liked. Went back to school the next Fall and graduated.
Best decision I could have made.
Should have said went to school and stayed all 4 years/graduated.
californiagrownSounds like hard ass work, glad you like it though. Hopefully you can transition to more of a foreman/managerial role before your body gets too beat up :)Do you work all year round or follow the traditional work hard in the summer and collect unemployment during the winter? Or do you make enough for the whole year just during the summer?
I work year round and I am a superintendent. Actually finally got promoted recently after a lot of hard work for a long time. I'm not a wealthy man but I'm happy.
Bodhisattva_Yea thisI went to college in Bozeman and for a year I even went to class.
No but for real if you pick a college with a great location you will have an awesome time. And it's easy to plan to ski 2-4 days a week at least in college. I ended up taking 2 years off after 3 semesters but i am re enrolling next fall and I am happy with my choice. I have most all pre reqs out of the way and am very motivated to go back because I have already experienced class and I am motivated to study biology. Also know how bad it sucks to work a shitty kitchen job and be broke but ride 5 days a week and I am very tired of it.
U sound pretty fucking stupid
don't go back to class ur gonna be an old creepy ass dude around young kids
theBearJewGraduated in 4 years, worked enough to quit my job soon after I graduated, travel for 2 months, then go back real world.Go to college, work, ski, graduate. Then take a year off of life travel, ski, take odd jobs. Then start your life. Youll be older and appreciate the experience more.
this so much. Same thing for me, summer break is awesome enjoy it
The.FishThat's probably because you went into one of the hardest chemical engineering programs in the country at OSU which has tons of competition.
Lol, the curriculum is the same at Harvard or Chico state. One might have a little more emphasis on theory or application, but the material is basically the same. Post grad is where the school you go to makes a big difference.
Moved to the mountains and worked full time as an ski instructor in the winter and mostly just did whatever I wanted the rest of the year (/biking, surfing, summer skiing etc..) If your unsure what you want to study then I recommend taking a year off for sure. However I probably had way to much free time in the summer time that year I should have spent working to save up more money, so I would recommend making sure your working at least a bit through the entire year (unless your out traveling). Also in my class now most people had at least one or two years before they started to study.
californiagrownLol, the curriculum is the same at Harvard or Chico state. One might have a little more emphasis on theory or application, but the material is basically the same. Post grad is where the school you go to makes a big difference.
That doesnt mean they grade the same or have the same assignments. I can take calculus at a community college or take it at a real university. I will breeze by in community college calc but will struggle at the university. There is a reason that certain schools require higher average test scores than others. If i went to OSU with a 24 act i will probably fail out but if I went to something like Cleveland State university or something small then I will probably succeed. You may have the same standards but one program is definitely harder than the other.
The.FishThat doesnt mean they grade the same or have the same assignments. I can take calculus at a community college or take it at a real university. I will breeze by in community college calc but will struggle at the university. There is a reason that certain schools require higher average test scores than others. If i went to OSU with a 24 act i will probably fail out but if I went to something like Cleveland State university or something small then I will probably succeed. You may have the same standards but one program is definitely harder than the other.
Nah
The.FishThat doesnt mean they grade the same or have the same assignments. I can take calculus at a community college or take it at a real university. I will breeze by in community college calc but will struggle at the university. There is a reason that certain schools require higher average test scores than others. If i went to OSU with a 24 act i will probably fail out but if I went to something like Cleveland State university or something small then I will probably succeed. You may have the same standards but one program is definitely harder than the other.
Lol, you're just wrong. At least for engineering undergrad. Math is math. It is an objective subject.
And the reason schools require different grades/test scores is they want the best and the brightest so they can maintain or improve their reputation as their alumni become successful. Harvard isn't that much better than Cleveland state at preparing students for success... It just only accepts students who are hugely predisposed for success. See what I'm saying?
I took summer classes at a CC and Stanford, and went to Washington state for my undergrad. It's the same shit being taught. Same assignments. Same grading. Hell, Stanford even used the same calc book as I used at WSU so I didn't have to buy it again.
californiagrownLol, you're just wrong. At least for engineering undergrad. Math is math. It is an objective subject.And the reason schools require different grades/test scores is they want the best and the brightest so they can maintain or improve their reputation as their alumni become successful. Harvard isn't that much better than Cleveland state at preparing students for success... It just only accepts students who are hugely predisposed for success. See what I'm saying?
I took summer classes at a CC and Stanford, and went to Washington state for my undergrad. It's the same shit being taught. Same assignments. Same grading. Hell, Stanford even used the same calc book as I used at WSU so I didn't have to buy it again.
I am still in high school but i have heard "stories" that are wrong i guess. Thanks for the clarification, I learned something new today.
SconnieSchool, internships, travel, work? I'm planning on taking a year off to work/ski, but I'd like to hear about what you guys did after school and how it affected your future.Being a HS senior is fun, but it is getting more and more stressful as graduation approaches. I got accepted to some schools, but I'm just not feeling ready.
U said u were a freshmen at UW-Madison u fake ass lying motherfucker
The schools u got accepted into are called dumbfuck colleges
Bodhisattva_U said u were 23 and on Xanax and valium u fuckin liar.U ain't shit.
A bodhisattva would not care, even if he received a medal from all the Bud- dhas proclaiming him the bravest bodhisattva in the entire universe; he would not care at all. You never read stories of the bodhisattvas receiving medals in the sacred writings. And
quite rightly so, because there is no need for them to prove anything. The bodhisattva's action is spontaneous, it is the open life, open communication which does not involve struggle or speed at all