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A Year of Purpose: Exploring the Gap Year Option
Two years into the global pandemic, it's becoming clear that more and more students are exploring alternate routes to colleg…
Should I Take Advantage of Test-Optional Policies Despite Planning a Gap Year?
6 Questions to Ask Yourself if You’re Considering Deferring Your Freshman Year
A gap year may not have been part of your college plan prior to COVID, but if you're a high school senior, current circumstances …
Consider These COVID-19 Gap Year Ideas
Are you a recent high school graduate planning to take a gap year? Or maybe you're a rising high school senior thinking about tak…
Taking A Gap Year? Consider Volunteering Or Interning Overseas
Even though the world seems to be in upheaval right now due to the Coronavirus (recently renamed less-frightening as "COVID19") o…
Is Applying to College DURING a Gap Year a Disadvantage?
Question: I want to take a gap year and apply to college during my gap year. Will I be at a disadvantage? I'm looking at top scho…
The Gap Year: Better Later Than Never
I've talked about the so-called "Gap Year" before. According to aptly named PlanetGapYear.com, a Gap Year is "a period of time wh…
Can a Gap Year in NY Give me In-State Student Status?
Question: I just finished my sophomore year in Florida. I want to move to New York and take a gap year so I can save money and t…
Should Newlywed-to-Be Apply to College Before or After Gap Year?
Question: I plan to get married after I graduate high school and spend a gap year saving money and traveling, etc. Should I apply…
Big Loans, Safety School, or Gap Year?
Question: I didn't get into the college of my dreams -- shocking, I know. My dilemma is that I'm stuck between a rock, a hard pla…