By Jordan Ortega |Staff Writer| CSUSB students have a critical decision to make if they decide to drop out or take a gap year. If taking a gap year many students do so to get some real world experience. “The latest so far is 85 percent of students are continuing their studies,” said Muriel Lopez, Director of Institutional Research. Only 15 percent of CSUSB students actually drop out or take a “leave of absence" at CSUSB. Now students have the option of delaying their education to live their lives. "I took this last year off [to work on helping survivors of domestic violence]," said student Asia. Taking a “leave of absence” is not considered dropping out for CSUSB … [Read more...] about Students taking leave of absence for financial reasons