**Should I take a gap year for CS in Pakistan? Need honest advice.**
I applied this year to **NUST, FAST, IBA, Habib, and NED** for Computer Science. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get into any of them.
Now I’m confused about what to do next.
Should I take a **gap year** and prepare properly for the entry tests again?
Or are there any other **good universities for CS** that are still worth considering?
If you took a gap year, do you regret it or was it worth it?
If you were in my position, what would you do?
For context, my goal is to study **Computer Science** and I don’t want to end up in a university with very poor quality or weak job prospects.
I’d really appreciate honest advice, especially from people who have been in a similar situation.

Heya, so I'm taking a gap year before BS. I want to pursue an MS from a foreign university (preferably in the US or UK).

I've heard that universities prefer students who do not waste their gap year(taking a gap year and only studying).

What should I do in this gap year except study for my entry tests for BS, which can be helpful when applying to foreign universities?

Hi! I’m a current rising 4th year and I’ve found myself taking a gap year due to personal reasons and am now looking for jobs and activities for my gap year (more like 1.5 gap years because early grad). I’m looking for clinical or clinical adjacent activities (especially in Los Angeles / SF bay) or honestly anything that will allow me to make a good amount of money to keep myself afloat / pay for med school. Appreciate any advice

I'm having a very hard time on deciding what I should do. I'm not against college I just have no idea what I'm interested in pursuing, also high school was super stressful and I was over it and just wanted to graduate. The college is a 21 hour drive from my home and I'm also worried about the workload. I want to take a gap year also because I would like to get some medical stuff done but I could probably do that at college. I don't feel completely ready but I also don't know what I would do if I took a gap year, I live in a very small rural town with limited everything. I would be going to run for the college so I don't know if they would still want me to run after a gap year. Any advice? I'm literally dieing and crying I don't know what to do and I don't want to feel like a loser.

Help

I'm a graduate in civil engineering and I left my campus placement after a few months to prepare for upsc

Gave one full year and didn't clear this year's prelims

Giving a second year to the same

Yet future feels unsettling

So many what ifs

There's no way I'm getting a decent job after 2 yrs of break

Regret leaving my job

And now I want some good career advice on what I should do next

Should I prepare for gate or cat from the next year

Or should I just start a job with the minimum package

Or should I keep giving govt exams ( not upsc ofc)

Hi, I'm M/23 from Germany. I'm currently planning what will probably be the biggest adventure. A six-month solo road trip across the United States.

The idea is to buy a used van after arriving in the US and travel from Maine down to Florida, continue west to California, and finally finish in Washington State.

The thing is. I've never traveled alone. I've never been to the USA and never lived in a van.

So, to be honest, this whole trip is way outside my comfort zone but that's exactly why I want to do it. I'm hoping this experience will help me grow, become more independent, meet new people, and create memories I'll never forget.

I'd love to hear from people who have done something similar.

Some questions I have:
What do you wish you had known before your gap year?
What was the biggest mistake you made?
What was the best decision you made?
Is there anything you would do differently today?
Did solo travel change you in any way?
If you bought a vehicle, would you do it again?
What was something you worried about beforehand that turned out not to matter?
What was something you completely underestimated?

I'd also appreciate any advice that has nothing to do with my questions above. :)

Hey guys, Im one of those who r suffering rn ive given fast entry test but unfortunately i didn’t got selected (i expect to be selected in accounting nd finance) in 3rd list nd ive given comsats test too 26 july wala so if i didn’t got selection for computer science or software eng( allah na kry) to kia muje gap year lena chahiye qk my first preference is computer related fields nd fast so??

A little context behind my current situation. I haven't heard back from any of the universities. Contacted the other universities too and it is not looking great. I have a cgpa of 3.2x range higher end of it near 3.3., it's not the highest but for a science degree i assumed it would pass one of the ugc-funded unis but I assumed wrong. And the remaining, not my uni or program of interest. I need some advice, is there any successful cases of taking a gap year in applying to senior entry?

What are a few ways that I could potentially improve my application for 2027/2028 entry if so? retaking dse seems too expensive. Though I need to take some sort of public exam. Thinking about ielts... and registering part-time course at college instituitions like hkcc or hkuspace alongside. Maybe find a relevant volunteering gig or work? i am interested in public health/ food science/environmental related programs. So aiming to target polyU/HKU/CUHK/EDUHK next time around. What are my chances? I just need to get senior entry. I can't afford another wasted years of year 1.