It is becoming increasingly popular to have a year off between finishing school and going to university. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this?

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It is becoming increasingly popular to have a year off between finishing school and going to university. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this?

The trend of taking a year-long break between school and higher education is becoming popular. This essay will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this trend.

Firstly, having a gap between school and university has several merits. Students can find a job and earn money to pay the university fee. By working, they get a practical experience rather than a theoretical experience. This prepares them to experience the problems faced in real-time situations. They can improve the necessary skills required to get into a good university. Students can follow the popularity trend of every stream of study offered by universities and join into a respective stream. They can start being independent to make their decisions. Another advantage is that they can take a break from the hectic curriculum and have a vacation to relax and rejuvenate which is necessary.

On the other hand, taking a break between studies also has disadvantages. If students joined a low paying job then they might limit themselves to it even after one year, instead of going to college. Some universities might not prefer their applications over others because of the gap year. There is a high chance of stopping education if a student lacks interest after one year. Another possibility is that students could forget the skills learned at school. Also, if they are not responsible then they might be addicted to bad habits. Furthermore, if students fail to get a job then it might affect their self-confidence and mental well-being.

In conclusion, having a break in between school and college is advantageous if the student is responsible and has the enthusiasm to learn. Else, it might be very disadvantageous to take a break.

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Average: 6.1 (1 vote)

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, firstly, furthermore, if, so, then, thus, well, in conclusion, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 7.85571142285 153% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 3.0 7.30460921844 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 20.0 24.0651302605 83% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 41.998997996 83% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1433.0 1615.20841683 89% => OK
No of words: 280.0 315.596192385 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.11785714286 5.12529762239 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09062348924 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.98923237706 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 156.0 176.041082164 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.557142857143 0.561755894193 99% => OK
syllable_count: 442.8 506.74238477 87% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 20.2975951904 69% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 25.07263686 49.4020404114 51% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 75.4210526316 106.682146367 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.7368421053 20.7667163134 71% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.89473684211 7.06120827912 69% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 3.9879759519 201% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.216127028955 0.244688304435 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0680827299547 0.084324248473 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0731149304187 0.0667982634062 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.169546921064 0.151304729494 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0972983966809 0.056905535591 171% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.1 13.0946893788 77% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.27 50.2224549098 114% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.8 11.3001002004 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.82 12.4159519038 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.0 8.58950901804 93% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 78.4519038076 83% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 9.78957915832 66% => OK
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.1190380762 75% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 61.797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.5 Out of 9
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