{"id":"community/faq-should-i-take-a-drop-year","kind":"community","v":1,"title":"Should I take a drop year?","line":"Only for a concrete, fixable reason. If your score was low for a specific cause you'll genuinely fix, a drop can pay off. But it's a real cost — a year plus the mental load — not a default. Plenty of students do well without one; don't dro…","about":"Only for a concrete, fixable reason. If your score was low for a specific cause you'll genuinely fix, a drop can pay off. But it's a real cost — a year plus the mental load — not a default. Plenty of students do well without one; don't drop just because a result stung.","aliases":[],"tags":["topic:faq","stage:after-results"],"facts":[{"label":"Answer","value":"Only for a concrete, fixable reason. If your score was low for a specific cause you'll genuinely fix, a drop can pay off. But it's a real cost — a year plus the mental load — not a default. Plenty of…","trust":"community","source":0}],"data":{"id":"should_i_take_a_drop_year","question":"Should I take a drop year?","answer":"Only for a concrete, fixable reason. If your score was low for a specific cause you'll genuinely fix, a drop can pay off. But it's a real cost — a year plus the mental load — not a default. Plenty of students do well without one; don't drop just because a result stung.","stage":"After results"},"links":[],"sources":[{"label":"Campus Binge FAQ (authored answers to questions students ask most)","asOf":"2026-07-23","trust":"community","method":"derived"}],"trust":"community","origin":"dataset","asOf":"2026-07-23","digest":"sha256:e08411c520a5aecfdb7fdeee9b3358d591732f18b7ba9a84d4fc0bbc41166794"}