Gap Year
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Entering my senior year of high school, I knew that I wanted to take a gap year. Even though choosing this path in 2015 was less of a norm, I was grateful to have parents and teachers who recognized the many benefits of taking a year off from school to pursue a different type of experience than that of traditional academia.
As a college student considering applying to law school, you have a lot on your plate: taking pre-law classes, preparing for the LSAT, gaining relevant professional experience, and much more. During this process, one central question will inform all your other choices: whether you will “go straight through” to law school after graduating from ...
I would not be where I am today, at Harvard Medical School, if I hadn’t taken a gap year after college. If you’re thinking about taking one but still on the fence about it, here are some reasons for why I took a gap year and how I feel about that decision looking back today.