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?

Although taking a gap year between high school and college is an upcoming trend amongst some, other people consider that it can be highly detrimental to their career. Students can gain practical knowledge and financial independence but there are also drawbacks to be taken into account.

On the one hand, there are a number of advantages to students taking a year off between two education levels. Firstly, one benefit is that students develop an understanding to implement theoretical principles learned in school. For instance, a student who is passionate about writing can start and grow their blow, thus gaining experience and enhance their skill set before taking advance classes in college. Secondly, one can learn money management skills with a job and also fun for college which they otherwise would be unable to afford, especially by low-income groups. This would help students to develop into self-supporting adults and be able to afford undergraduate fees.

On the other hand, one problem to consider is the minimal practical experience can hinder the learning phase of a young adult. For example, it is almost impossible to get a highly skilled job immediately after high school for an average student. Furthermore, it will be difficult to focus on studies after working full-time or traveling around for a year, resulting in, poor academic performance. Another possible issue to mention is the impact on possible future employment because of gap year. It can be assumed by the future employer that the applicant with gap year is not serious about education unless the year off is due to some extreme conditions.

In conclusion, while some can benefit from a year off between high school and college, it can also lead to poor academic performance in college or create issues for future employment.

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Average: 7.8 (1 vote)

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, furthermore, if, second, secondly, so, thus, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 7.30460921844 68% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 24.0651302605 54% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 41.998997996 105% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 8.3376753507 180% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1524.0 1615.20841683 94% => OK
No of words: 295.0 315.596192385 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.16610169492 5.12529762239 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14434120667 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79731064674 2.80592935109 100% => OK
Unique words: 169.0 176.041082164 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.572881355932 0.561755894193 102% => OK
syllable_count: 479.7 506.74238477 95% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 28.7027203214 49.4020404114 58% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 117.230769231 106.682146367 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.6923076923 20.7667163134 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.6153846154 7.06120827912 150% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More 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: 0.120192565408 0.244688304435 49% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0497619146381 0.084324248473 59% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0518074701147 0.0667982634062 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0851798642106 0.151304729494 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.017933244939 0.056905535591 32% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 13.0946893788 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 50.2224549098 98% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.0 12.4159519038 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.01 8.58950901804 105% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 78.4519038076 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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