Q Thirteen years of school, and I want to relax. Maybe I ll go to college in a few years. In general, universities won t penalize you for waiting. They would rather you feel ready, anyway. But some schools may ask how you spent your time.
Colleges encourage constructive activities like traveling abroad or attending community college.
You ll still have to meet the same requirements as other incoming freshmen, so keep track of your transcript, test scores and references. Getting scholarships will depend on the college itself. State scholarships that are offered at the end of high school, like the Florida Bright Futures Scholarships, usually have a time limit on them. I have a friend, a senior, who carries a gun in his glove compartment. He s not the type to ever use it.