In many countries, students take a year gap after finishing school and work or travel during this period. Should students take a gap year before attending universities? What are the advantages and disadvantages of it?Give reasons for your answer and inclu

There are some debates as to whether senior high school graduates should take a gap year prior to enter higher education. To shine some light on matter, this essay will indicate some of the most dominant benefits and drawbacks that relevant to this issue.
On the one hand, taking a year long break from study has potential to be tremendously beneficial for students. Initially, as university life is an undeniably expensive one, there are an abundance of youngsters opting to spend a gap year on working to gather funds before beginning their study. This not only allows them to afford their living cost and tuition fees but also helps them focus on their academic work rather than struggle financially. For instance, The Time has recently reported that an average student at a UK university required more than $12000 per year just to survive and many dropped out because they could not afford to stay. Furthermore, a gap year can teach students more valuable life lessons than sitting in a classroom such as practical work experience, money and time management or living independently, which will in turn better prepare young individuals for independent study and living whilst at university. As a result, students will be able to build up their resume through the experiences gaining during a year off.

On the other hand, taking a twelve-month-break between high school and university might lead to several unprecedented consequences. First and foremost, because of taking a year out can add an extended period of time to an already potentially lengthy educational process, students might encounter a year behind in comparison with their peers who already be well settle into university life. Consequently, youngsters graduating a year later may miss the early start in future career or lose job opportunities with strict age requirement. For example, P&G only offers Management Trainee program for graduated students aging at 21 or 22 years old. Additionally, omit studying habits is an unavoidable circumstance, which negatively affects students' academic momentum. As a result, many tend to not return back to their life of study after a gap year. A recent survey by British Government found that 26% of youths who take a gap year after high school never entering tertiary education.

In conclusion, having a year long break from study can bring abundance of significant boons, however, there are also several unpredictable risks that young people need to consider on before giving decisions.

Votes
Average: 8.4 (1 vote)

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...momentum. As a result, many tend to not return back to their life of study after a gap year...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, first, furthermore, however, if, may, so, well, as to, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, as a result, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 13.1623246493 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 7.85571142285 153% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 16.0 24.0651302605 66% => OK
Preposition: 55.0 41.998997996 131% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 8.3376753507 144% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2101.0 1615.20841683 130% => OK
No of words: 405.0 315.596192385 128% => OK
Chars per words: 5.18765432099 5.12529762239 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.48604634366 4.20363070211 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89311076962 2.80592935109 103% => OK
Unique words: 238.0 176.041082164 135% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.587654320988 0.561755894193 105% => OK
syllable_count: 653.4 506.74238477 129% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 5.43587174349 37% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 20.2975951904 123% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 55.5887522346 49.4020404114 113% => OK
Chars per sentence: 131.3125 106.682146367 123% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.3125 20.7667163134 122% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.0625 7.06120827912 143% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 3.4128256513 205% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.342027776565 0.244688304435 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.110970077424 0.084324248473 132% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0513853172755 0.0667982634062 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.185118070471 0.151304729494 122% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0801997060411 0.056905535591 141% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.7 13.0946893788 120% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 50.2224549098 92% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 11.3001002004 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.12 12.4159519038 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.81 8.58950901804 103% => OK
difficult_words: 101.0 78.4519038076 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.1190380762 119% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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