Should I take a Gap Year?

I'm about to graduate and I've given it a lot of thought, but I'm still not entirely sure whether or not I should take a gap year. I've read that it's better for your college resume and it gives you more experience. But I don't really know. My biggest issue is I don't know whether I should go straight into college with this burning hatred I have pf doing anything at the moment. I don't want to wake up every day and hate going to class, like I do now.

I've talked about it with my parents and decided that I might take the year, get a job, make some money , and then travel to Europe to get better experience. Would that work? Is that a good thing to do or am I going to screw something up? These are the things that I worry about. I'm afraid that I'm going to turn out to be nothing but a failure, and I don't want to disappoint anyone, but I also strive to make myself happy as well.

How many of you guys have taken gap years and are they worth it?
March 31st, 2014 at 12:29am