Preparation Leave!

Hi guys!
I need your people opinion in something
Is taking a year off for preparation of competitive exam is right or student should apply meanwhile for some other course?
One of my friend saying she gonna apply in some course while preparing and then leave the course if she got selected?
What you people think?

Originally posted by: tasha001

Hi guys!
I need your people opinion in something
Is taking a year off for preparation of competitive exam is right or student should apply meanwhile for some other course?
One of my friend saying she gonna apply in some course while preparing and then leave the course if she got selected?
What you people think?

Originally posted by: 9tanki

<font color="#0033ff">Its wrong strategy to take year off for studies which doesnt pay off in long run. A gap of year means person arrive late in the job market, his work exp will be delayed and talking about salary its loss of over $ 50k.</font>

<font color="#0033ff">For competitive exam one need tounderstand basics and try to solve questions in shortest time with accuracy.</font>

Okay I get that
But I am thinking to take year off for preparation of IIT
But i get your point

Tasha, I assume that you are interested in engineering and hence want to get into IIT.Trust me it's of little use to waste a whole year especially if you feel you are that capable to get a good rank in IITJEE advanced within a year.
I also assume you just passed your 12th grade and already appeared for jee mains 2015.
IIT isn't the only institution for engineering, you can get into NIT, BIT, Manipal and the likes.
What do you mean by other courses? Are you interested in some other field than engineering?

Originally posted by: iMini

Tasha, I assume that you are interested in engineering and hence want to get into IIT.Trust me it's of little use to waste a whole year especially if you feel you are that capable to get a good rank in IITJEE advanced within a year.
I also assume you just passed your 12th grade and already appeared for jee mains 2015.
IIT isn't the only institution for engineering, you can get into NIT, BIT, Manipal and the likes.
What do you mean by other courses? Are you interested in some other field than engineering?

By other course I mean Bsc
I am not interested in any other field rather than engineering

its really a wrong strategy to take a year off