
Seven Gap Year Trends to Know for 2026
Gap years have changed quite a bit over the last decade, moving beyond global travel and volunteering to any activities (travel or no travel) that contribute to personal growth, and

Gap years have changed quite a bit over the last decade, moving beyond global travel and volunteering to any activities (travel or no travel) that contribute to personal growth, and

Profiles of three Harvard students who took gap time before or during college. (Harvard College News, 12/18/2025). Click here

Isaiah is spending his gap year in Seoul to study Korean, since while he grew up surrounded by Korean culture, he never managed to get a good grasp of the

By Katherine Stievater Gap Year Solutions has always focused on college readiness. Data has consistently shown that one-third of first-year students don’t return to their college the next year. From our start