2 year GAP for UK, how bad is it?
In summary I decided to pursue finance in my last year high school (non-uk/eu) and took a gap year to apply for target schools In EU. I actually get accepted to my first choice (Bocconi) but for very stupid VISA reasons I will not be able to attend this year. I still wait for another semi-target school but most likly it seems like I will take another GAP year to attend (Bocconi) or any other target/semi-tager UK school (Warwick/Bristol/Durham).
What I'm stressing about is the fact that there will be 2 year GAP in my high school to Uni which I think look bad and odd (doing some linkedIn stalking and seem like its very rare.)
I'm still young so I dont worry about the age part but what I fear is the first 2 year of University. Like, when I apply to Spring week wont I have to put my high school in resume? Or for Finance society applications I will have to put my high school to CV. Also let say I didn't get in SW / Finance society in first year, when I apply for internship (with literally blank CV) I dont think I will have a shot for any internship.
My question is, Is there any way to handle my first 2 year without putting my high school to CV?
If no, how bad 2 year GAP is and how can I make it reasonable?
I still have more than 1 year for starting in 2026 so If there is anything I can do to put my CV which would make me able to not put High-school or just make that 2 year GAP reasonable I'm willing to do it. I was thinking about doing 1 year of volunteering, learning Italian and studying for first year classes but I fill like this is not enough. What can I do to make my CV better?
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Don't think anyone will care. Just use the time wisely and work on your narrative
Thank you for advice, but still I fill like I should do something that I can add to my CV. Other than Volunteering, what I can I do while not attending to school?
That is what I was referring to by "use the time wisely" (internships / work experience / nail technicals / networking) and "work on your narrative" (why did you take a 2-year gap year?). Plenty of threads on this, hell, ChatGPT will probably even give you a few good ideas. Good luck
I'm not even sure why this would come up unless you have your high school graduation on your resume. Nobody is going to tell apart a 22 year old from a 20 year old in interviews and get suspicious. I graduated college a few months before my 24th birthday and while I didn't go IB its literally never come up why I'm 2 years older than my peers.
Thanks for response. I'm actually not stressing about age part as I also think no one would know when I graduated from HS if I dont put it on my resume but the problem is I will probably have to in start.
As I said I will study in either Bocconi or Warwick and I will going to apply for Spring week and Finance Societies (idk about WW but i heard that application for these societies are very competitive in Bocconi) and since these are going to happen in first year I will probably have to put my HS as there is honestly nothing else to put. I was thinking about what can I put into my CV so that I can either apply without putting my HS or I can explain my 2 year GAP.
Can you put your high school on there and leave the date off? Is there a high chance people from your high school will also be applying for the same societies? I would try and leave it off and if it looks weird or people ask I'd just say you took a gap year and were planning to attend last year but there were Visa issues, but you were 100% confident in your decision to attend this school for x,y,z reasons and in the meantime did Wall Street Prep, read (insert book titles here) on investing/finance, studied a language. It'll only sound weird if you sat around playing xbox for 2 years and have nothing to show for it.
Im starting university after 3 gap years, I really don't think anyone will care. I used the time to pursue some cool non-academic goals. You have your whole life to work in finance so take advantage of this and do something different for a bit.
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