I have to sit a year out of school, what can i do to stay productive & stay on track?

Question

I have to sit out at least one year of school due to my parents s******g there taxes up & ultimately destroying my chances of receiving financial aid. I wanted to know what is the best thing to do to keep myself in type scholastic shape during this hiatus.

Answer 1

voulnteer! do some volunteer work in what ever you are intrested it. it not only gives you experience in what ever your looking at, it looks excellent on your resume. it may even get you a future job when you graduate.

Answer 2

I agree with the idea of volunteering. I volunteered once in health care in Ecuador; best experience I've had. See if this is an option for you - you will mature beyond what you thought was possible.

Answer 3

go to an adult school to keep busy

Answer 4

Read! Read!  and Read some more!  Studies show that students that don't read during the three months of summer lose a significant percentage of knowledge when school starts in the fall.

If you are going to be out of the school rhythm for a year, you need to keep your mind active. Read things you enjoy. Try to read, if not a book a week, at least a book a month. For every two you read for pleasure, pull in one that is a bit of a stretch for you. Pick up something that will be covered in the general education classes you know you will be taking in college. Find something on American History, Art Appreciation, even take on a book of recreational math puzzlers.  

Where do you find these books without driving yourself into debt? Your public library!  Ask the librarian for a "recommended reading list for the college bound." See how many books on the list you can complete before you start school.  If your library doesn't have some of them in stock, you can request titles through Inter-library Loan. (Just pace yourself. You don't want 2 1000-page books arriving at the same time.)

If your librarian doesn't have a list you want to follow, check your favorite encyclopedia. Some have guided study programs that help you    develop a self-education regime.  You can't go wrong at the public library. It's always been called "The Poor Man's University."

Answer 5

mit, stanford and berkeley now offer open courseware. you can watch an entire semester's worth of lectures on a bunch of different classes, math and chemistry and english and communications, and you could go to the course websites and get lecture notes, syllabi, quizzes, and tests. so you basically take college classes, only you sit in your house instead of a lecture hall. for free. on youtube. awesome or what?  plus the teachers are all really great.