how to waste a year off – easy steps
February 19, 2008 by lyd
Preparation:
Junior year: don’t read books, write essays, explore colleges or prepare for SATs
Summer between junior and senior year: sleep till noon, hang out with friends
Senior year:
Plan A:
October-December: score as low as possible on the SATs, ask other people where to apply, write poor essays, miss as many deadlines as possible
January: take a deserved rest
February-March: complain about anxiety, while waiting for colleges’ application decisions
April: sink in depression over the rejection letters you have received
May: spend a lot of money and time on buying clothes and jewelry for the prom
Summer: take a deserved rest - sleep till noon, hang out with friends and take very short spells of daydreaming about your year off
Plan B:
October-December: breathe easily while the others are having a hard time taking exams and applying
January: make up your mind to start reading books
February-March: listen to your friends’ complaints and be happy about making the wisest and bravest decision in your life – to take a year off
April: worry a bit about the prospect of receiving rejection letters next spring and calm down by remembering you have made the best decision
May: spend a lot of money and time on buying clothes and jewelry for the prom
Summer: take a deserved rest - sleep till noon, hang out with friends and take very short spells of daydreaming about your year off
The year off proper:
October-December: score as low as possible on the SATs, ask other people where to apply, write poor essays, miss as many deadlines as possible
January: take a deserved rest
February-March: complain about anxiety, while waiting for colleges’ application decisions
April: sink in depression over the rejection letters you have received
May: prepare for university entrance exams for Bulgarian universities
Summer: pass the university entrance exams for Bulgarian universities, enroll at a Bulgarian university, take a deserved rest and take very short spells of daydreaming about the best years of your life as they are starting in October
What I did after I decided to take a year off was to continue going to Lyd’s course, read books, write essays…after graduation..found a job, moved out and lived alone (well I had personal reasons to do it, not everybody should move
), studied for SATs and TOEFL, took the exams and around Christmass have finished the college essays and have sent the applications. I haven’t great scores or brilliant essays, but the result is: well I’m not in Yale, but I still study in USA and have chance to transfer to Yale 
if I decide to do that or anywhere else 
The best way to waste a year off ever is to come live with me!
I guarantee an absolute devotion to lazyness, a lot of parties - over sleeps, a lot of fun and no hard work at all! Of course if you want to do some work nobody is going to prevent you from doing that. 