Preparing students for college is an extremely important aspect of our education systemone
that is failing many of our country’s high school graduates. It seems that today more than
ever, there is an emphasis on obtaining some sort of higher education. It’s getting more difficult
to get a job out of high school and be successful without a college degree in hand. So it’s very
important that our nation’s schools focus on preparing students for college specifically, but this
isn’t necessarily the case. While many students successfully bridge the gap between what they
learned in high school and what is expected of them in college, many are not able to transition so
smoothly. It is the responsibility of our education systems to prepare students to go to college
and to give them the tools they need. One solution to this problem is to provide more
opportunities for students to be tested before they graduate high school. This provides better
retention of information than merely studying. Also, providing students with a “gap year”- a year
between high school and college to gain knowledge and applicable skills would be quite
beneficial to students (High). Being prepared for higher education is critical for future success; to
ensure that students are prepared to attend college they need to be tested more frequently in
school and have a gap year after attending high school