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How much will a gap year affect my profile.
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I am an international student, I graduated high school this year but will be applying for the Fall 2023 batch. I have pretty good grades and highly involved in extracurriculars at school ( was the Head Girl and Vice Head Girl). But as I had many interest, I was unsure which path to choose and maybe was thinking of studying in my home country only, that's why I did not apply last year itself. But US was my dream and I did not want to regret not even applying so I took a risk and took a gap year. I did take time and reflect and even did a few research papers and internship during this time but am still unsure about how much emphasis this will pay because I had worked very hard in the 4 years of high school. I intend to major in Communications as it has a very broad spectrum.

In the common app, I only have 250 words to describe this change in progression, most effective way to go about it would be?

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You can start by explaining why u didn't apply in senior year. Then explain what u did in a gap year that makes you sure of intended path of study in the US.

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