In some regions, students decide to take a rest in the amount of one year between high school and university. There are advantages and disadvantages of this decision, but they mostly depend on the situation that person had to meet.
Taking a gap between high school and university puts a person at great risk, for which there are several reasons. During the year, a student may forget some important knowledge that he/she got in high school that could be necessary for the student to know when going to university. Another problem is that a person loses a year of getting rest by this may not be interested in some universities and perceive that the student may be too old for their requirements.
In such question may appear specifically because of the situation and financial state of the student. If a person located in a bad financial condition, then this decision is acceptable because a student may spend this year earning money, to provide himself in future with a good university. Also, this idea will be valid in case that person has some troubles in his life or relocation dilemma because in all these situations it is difficult to choose the university and especially be productive during the university year.
To conclude, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages in the question is it better to take a free year gap between high school and university. The advantages are quite reasoned and clear, but the disadvantages far outweigh their importance, because when deciding to make a gap between two educational institutions, the advantages are very specific for a certain situation, as for the disadvantages, they are general and suitable for many different scenarios.