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Gap Year
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A gap year is time out to travel between life stages. It is also known as a sabbatical taken between high school and college. During this gap-year, students engage in extra-academic and non-academic courses, language studies, volunteer work, travel, internships, sports and more, all for the purpose of improving themselves and their resumes before going to college. These academic gap-years are also called Pathways, Prep-Year and Bridge-Year.
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Gap Year
If It's March, It Must Be Morocco: Why The Prefab Gap Year Fails Our Students
WBUR.org - Cognoscenti - Apr 19, 2017
For more than a decade, taking a "Gap Year" between high school and college has been a popular option for European students. The time allows young adults to travel, explore their interests, mature and rejuvenate before attending college. Now, the idea is spreading in the US. The Ivy League and most competitive colleges encourage ....
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3 Reasons To Take a Gap Year
GoLocalProv College Admissions - Apr 6, 2017
For more than a decade, taking a "Gap Year" between high school and college has been a popular option for European students. The time allows young adults to travel, explore their interests, mature and rejuvenate before attending college. Now, the idea is spreading in the US. The Ivy League and most competitive colleges encourage ....
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A College Application Guide for Gap Year Students
New York Times - Apr 6, 2017
Applying to college is onerous enough. Asking to defer enrollment for a year can be even more intimidating. Here’s how to navigate the gap-year process. When to Apply to College....
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Taking a Gap Year? Here’s How to Defer Your College Acceptance
Huffington Post - Apr 6, 2017
The acceptance letters are in. By now, most college-bound students have heard from the colleges they applied to and they are either in, out or added to the dreaded wait-list. But for a growing number of students, the lure of college can wait a year....
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4 Steps to Avoid Gap Year Culture Shock
TeenLife Blog - Sep 29, 2016
Before she went to Japan as an exchange student at age 21, Rebecca Fitzgerald thought she was well prepared for culture shock. But the cultural reality was harder than she imagined. “I came to realize that I had a very surface understanding of it,” Fitzgerald says. “But what I had learned......
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Is taking a Gap Yeara Good Idea?
Boston Globe Magazine - Sep 29, 2016
The two-sentence press release the White House issued this spring about first daughter Malia's plan to take a gap year before starting at ......
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The 'gap year' is not just for rich kids anymore
Yahoo News - Sep 22, 2016
When the White House announced that Malia Obama would be taking a year off after high school before attending Harvard, it turned a spotlight on the idea of a “gap year.” And yet it’s not just presidential family members taking time off, and not just Harvard that’s encouraging its students to consider deferring their enrollment....
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Why A Gap Year is Important Before College
TeenLife Blog - May 31, 2016
Do you yearn to be in the real world and discover life beyond a classroom? Consider a gap year before college. Whether you spend it volunteering, traveling,...
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4 College Application Strategies for Gap Year Students
US News - May 24, 2016
Taking a gap year before college – as President Barack Obama's daughter, Malia, plans to do – can be an enriching opportunity. Whether traveling, working or volunteering, the year off after high school can open new paths. ...
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A 'gap year' ?” not as simple as it appears ?” Part II
North Jersey - May 22, 2016
Last week I began a two-part discussion on the hot topic of a "gap year" for high school graduates (hope you saved it) and, in passing, said that while Malia Obama's highly visible decision to take on...
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The Growing Allure Of The Gap Year
WBUR.org - OnPoint - May 10, 2016
Malia Obama will take a gap year before college. Did you? Should you? What it takes to have a good gap year. Plus, why millennials aren’t giving up dorm living after graduation. ...
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Malia Obama’s ‘Gap Year’ Is Part of a Growing (and Expensive) Trend
New York Times - May 3, 2016
It sounds awfully nice: A yearlong postponement of schoolwork. The White House announced on Sunday that Malia Obama, the president’s older daughter, would be among the thousands of students to take a so-called gap year between high school and college....
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Let’s Stop Calling it a “Gap Year”
Huffington Post - May 3, 2016
With the recent news that Malia Obama will be taking a “gap year” before she starts her time as an undergraduate at Harvard University, the term is all over the news again....
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How a Gap Year Can Pay Off After College
TIME - Apr 15, 2016
A gap year is something that takes place before a student heads off to college, but Ethan Knight, executive director of the American Gap Association, explains that a gap year can really pay off after a student graduates from college.¯ ...
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Why Your High School Graduate May Want To Take A Gap Year
Huffington Post - Apr 6, 2016
When my oldest child set off to college a few years back, I couldn’t have been more excited for him. But after two semesters at a large $60,000-a-year university in Boston, he announced he didn’t want to go back.....
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Don’t Send Your Kids to College. At Least Not Yet.
New York Times - Apr 5, 2016
In the past few weeks, anxious high school seniors across the country have received admissions decisions from colleges. Some might feel like they’ve won the lottery; others have dashed hopes and diminished confidence.....
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Countdown to College: Advantages of taking a Gap Year
Charlotte Observer - Mar 25, 2016
Taking a year off after high school or a "gap year" has become an increasingly popular and accepted decision here in the United States. In Europe, Australia and New Zealand, gap year experiences have long been considered one of many traditional ....
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Why Top Universities Want Students to Take a Gap Year
Kicker - Mar 8, 2016
When I told people I was taking a gap year, they were surprised. But they were often even more surprised when they realized that I was deferring Stanford to do so. Wouldn’t the school question my academic integrity? Wouldn’t I fall behind my overachieving peers? Wouldn’t…? And so forth....
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Why Students May Not Consider Taking A 'Gap Year,' But Should
NBC News - Feb 23, 2016
Despite barriers, from financial challenges to the stigma surrounding deferment, more and more American students are taking a "gap year" — a break between high school and college. There's no data on exactly how many students do this, but the industries they choose to participate in during their year off are experiencing growth....
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How to Negotiate a Gap Year
TIME - Feb 23, 2016
Should a graduating high school student take a gap year? What should that gap year look like? This can be a tricky negotiation for parents and their college-age students. Maybe parents are afraid their child will fool around and lose his or her way....
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How to Choose the Perfect Gap Year
TeenLife Blog - Jan 22, 2016
Chances are you’ve heard and read plenty of information about gap years. Perhaps you want to consider spending a year or semester outside of a traditional classroom before college but your parents aren’t sure if it’s such a great idea. So what do you do next? Follow these steps to create a plan that fits everyone’s needs and desires.....
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Students benefit from gap years
Daily Nebraskan - Jan 25, 2016
In 2010, Michael Stark took a gap year. Well, gap years. Three to be exact. “It was interesting, to say the least,” said Stark, a senior biochemistry major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “For a year and a half, it seemed like I was living out the movie ‘Office Space’.”...
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Make the Most of Your Gap Year with a D.C. Internship
TeenLife Blog - Oct 30, 2015
Oonagh Cavanagh grew up in a small Vermont town, hiking, camping, skiing, and loving anything that had to do with the outdoors. So when she was looking for a gap experience before college, she looked for a program where she could put her passion about protecting the environment to work....
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Young, "gap-year" farmers flourish in VT
Burlington Free Press - Nov 2, 2015
Senior year of high school, everyone asks, "Where are you going to college?” That pressure to know exactly where you want to spend the next four years of your life can be daunting when you’re just about to say see ya to senior year. ...
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5 tips for taking a gap year before college
Bankrate - Oct 3, 2015
With a decade-plus of schooling under their belt and further studies on the horizon, students finishing high school are finding they don't have to leap immediately into the confinements of a university classroom.
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Top Reasons to Take a Gap Year
Huffington Post - Oct 3, 2015
My second child just left home. She didn't run away, she just graduated from high school. But, she's gone, like many other college freshmen. However, unlike many of her college bound peers, she is headed many miles away from campus....
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Pre-College Gap Years Beckon For These 5 Types Of Students
Forbes - Oct 3, 2015
What kinds of high-school students are most likely to want time off before college? Jason Sarouhan, a long-time champion of “gap years,” says he and colleagues have identified five types of teens that fit the bill....
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College Admissions: Why a Postgraduate (PG) Year
Greenwich Free Press - Aug 24, 2015
What exactly are postgraduate year programs and how are they helpful in the college admissions context? A postgraduate (PG) year is an additional year beyond high school graduation which is spent at an independent (private) high school....
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My Turn: Gap year abroad gives son appreciation for cultures and lifestyles
Daily Breeze - Jun 23, 2015
Our 19-year-old called home from a farm on a recent Sunday. “It’s so green here,” the kid said. Our dyed-in-the-soft-wool product of the South Bay then told us that he would spend a chunk of his day looking after the sow, feeding the chickens, and maybe splitting some wood. ...
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Countdown to College: Think about a gap year
Charlotte Observer - Jun 7, 2015
Every year more and more students and parents talk to me about the pros and cons of a gap year experience. Taking a year off between high school graduation and freshman year can be liberating and the perfect choice for the right student. ...
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Gap year gains traction in Canada
Globe and Mail - Jun 7, 2015
As a new generation of Canadian students prepares to make the transition from high school to college or university, a small number will consider taking a year off to travel, work, volunteer and carefully consider some of the most important decisions they will need to make in their young lives. ...
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Here’s How to Make a Gap Year Before College Count
TIME - May 29, 2015
American students are taking gap years at record numbers Over the next three months, many high school graduates across America will start college. Some, unprepared for the challenges of higher education or the independence it requires ...
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3 Myths About the Gap Year
TIME - May 29, 2015
A gap year is not a vacation
The term “gap year” traditionally applies to the year between high school graduation and college matriculation. For many students, the gap year is a time for adventure and personal exploration. ...
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How my 'gap year' changed my life
CNN.com - May 25, 2015
For some, it will be moving away or starting a career. For others, graduation marks the beginning of a gap year -- when someone takes a year or longer to travel, volunteer or work at an unusual job. ...
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To Gap or Not to Gap
TeenLife Blog - Mar 13, 2015
I have been applying to college for 20 years. Don't worryā€”I'm not bad at it (I did get in the first time around!), I just like working with students going through the application process so much that I have made it my career..
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College Admissions: 3 Reasons To Take a Gap Year
GoLocalProv College Admissions - Feb 16, 2015
For more than a decade, taking a “Gap Year” between high school and college has been a popular option for European students. The time allows young adults to travel, explore their interests, mature and rejuvenate before attending college. Now, the idea is spreading in the US...
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Go Away: In Praise Of The Gap Year, For All Students
WBUR.org - Feb 6, 2015
Across the United States, the idea of a “gap year” has taken hold. Instead of enrolling in college directly after high school, gap year students take a year off to work, perform service, travel or do all of the above. They volunteer in homeless shelters in New York...
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Orinda: Filling the holes in 'Gap Year' theory
San Jose Mercury News - Feb 11, 2015
ORINDA -- Leave it to Americans to catapult a fine British tradition into a revolution.
The "Gap Year" concept has its origins with Oxford University undergrads waiting for admission taking the year after high school to travel, work or participate in cross-cultural experiences,..
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Upcoming 2015 USA Gap Year Fairs
TeenLife Blog - Jan 15, 2015
Taking a gap year is an increasingly popular choice among college-bound high school seniors. From local and international community service or trekking through the wilderness, to residential internships ..
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College can wait
NJ Jewish News - Jan 21, 2015
Helene Zinckgraf, a 22-year-old senior at the University of Delaware, didn’t go straight to college after graduating from Morristown High School. ..
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More High School Students Considering ‘Gap Year’
TWCNews - Jan 12, 2015
Eight months after graduating from high school, things are going well for Alaina Ring. She is currently in the middle of her gap year, a growing trend where high school seniors don't go to college right away. ..
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 | On Campus: Is It A Good Idea To Take A Gap Year?
HuffPost Live - Mar 3, 2014
Many students transition directly from high school to college. But, an increasing number of graduates are taking a gap year. HuffPost Live goes on and off campus to learn more about the benefits of taking this year off in between.....
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Save money (and sanity) in a gap year
Boston Globe - Jan 13, 2014
THE GAP year — in which college-bound students delay matriculation in favor of travel or community service — twinkles winsomely among choices offered high-school seniors after tossing their caps....
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The Gap in the Classroom
Huffington Post - Jan 13, 2014
The "gap year," it seems, is here to stay. Along with gelato, 'Parisian chic' skirts and constitutional law, taking a year out before or during college is just the latest of many trends to cross the Atlantic from The Continent....
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Save thousands on college by getting in-state tuition
USA Today - Jan 13, 2014
Your child has found the perfect state university. Unfortunately, it's in another state with steep out-of-state tuition. But there are ways for out-of-staters to pay affordable in-state rates. Here are four: Gap year? Move!....
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Learning from life: A 'gap year' between high school and college can help students
Deseret News - Nov 5, 2013
Samantha Krieg’s arrival in Florence, Italy began the worst day of her 18-year-old life — or that’s what she thought at the time. But now, Krieg appreciates her memories of not knowing how to get to her apartment, and being lost for hours in a foreign city where she couldn’t understand the language.r....
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6 Reasons Every Student Should Consider Taking a Gap Year
Deseret News - Nov 5, 2013
Gap years are a relatively new phenomenon in the United States, compared to Britain or Australia, where it is almost common for students to take some time between high school graduation and college enrollment to focus on things other than academics.....
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Should American Students Embrace The Gap Year?
Huffington Post Live - Apr 24, 2013
In the UK and Australia, taking a year off before college is the norm. What can students learn from stepping outside the classroom? Should this.... |
College Admissions: 3 Reasons To Take a Gap Year
golocalprov.com - Feb 19, 2013
For more than a decade, taking a “Gap Year” between high school and college has been a popular option for European students. The time allows young adults to travel, explore their interests, mature and rejuvenate before attending college..
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What is a gap year all about?
Charlotte Observer - Feb 12, 2013
Is your high school senior burned-out? Do they need a break? Are you hearing or sensing that it’s time for your child to get off the educational treadmill and maybe not follow the traditional path to college?...
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Students, mind the gap (year)
Macleans.ca - Feb 12, 2013
Is your high school senior burned-out? Do they need a break? Are you hearing or sensing that it’s time for your child to get off the educational treadmill and maybe not follow the traditional path to college?...
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A primer on gap years
Washington Post - Answer Sheet - Sep 21, 2012
It’s the season when high school seniors are frantically filling out college applications and trying to figure out where they will be and what they will be doing next fall....
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The Benefits of Taking a Gap Year
US News - Sep 25, 2012
While many students choose to enroll in college immediately after high school, for other individuals, the path to higher education is not as clear. For this reason, some people choose to take a "gap year" before going to college,....
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