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Originally posted by adamcox
Has anyone here taken out a GAP year after their A-Levels before going to University? If so, what sort of an experience did you have, and would you recommend it?
I'm considering it, not to go and volunteer work anywhere, but instead perhaps to go to a different country (outside of this place!), maybe Canada (Banff sounds cool) or Australia and working, the money from which I could use to then finance my university course...
I took a GAP year to Australia in 1990, and worked at a school coaching rugby and rowing. I wasn't paid well but had free accommodation in Sydney for 6 months. Then I worked in an oudoor education camp near Bowral for 3 months. Loved it. I bought a round-the-world-ticket and stopped at Fiji, Hawaii, and Canada after. Cash was tight, but I worked in Fast food outlets and things like thta. I was only 18 when I did it, but thouroughly advise it to anyone.