You know, I never thought I'd do it. Nobody I knew took a Gap year after school when I was applying to Uni (from a comprehensive in a pretty rough area) but SO many people I knew had been so many exciting places when I got to Uni (went to Cambridge - people were much richer than my schoolfriends). I didn't ever feel left out, but they had so many photos of wonderful things that I just new I had to go somewhere at some point. I graduated with no plans, worked for six months to make money and am now spending that and the remainder of my student loan.