I didn’t attend any seminary not in Israel or in America etc….. and went straight to work after high school but personally IMHO seminary is a important experience to help a person go to the next level and also get ready for marriage BUT IT’S COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY AND A WASTE OF PRECIOUS MONEY-especially when people are very tight and living paycheck to paycheck-TO MUST GO TO ISRAEL FOR SEMINARY especially when the American seminary includes in the year a trip to Israel so it’s not like they don’t get to see and spend time in Israel.
One of the Frummest Rabbis who I ever knew,
a man who knows all of Shas and Shulchan Aruch,
who holds by every possible chumrah,
who holds by only the Charedi Gedolim,
told me many times that seminary for girls
is waste of time, and he refused to send his girls to seminary.