Gap Year Awareness and Attitudes
November 15, 2023
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Regular readers of these pages know that we at Gap Year Solutions love data. Given that there is so little data to be found on Gap Years, we’ve had to
Gap Year Deferrals Back to Pre-COVID Levels
September 30, 2022
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After a huge spike in Gap Year deferrals during the early part of COVID-19 to avoid online learning and campus lockdowns, Gap Year numbers appear to have settled back to their pre-COVID levels.
Impact of the Gap Year
January 10, 2022
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At last fall’s Gap Year Association Annual Conference, Bob Clagett, Gap Year Research Consortium Coordinator, reviewed results from a post-gap year survey that seven colleges and universities sent out to their gap year students from 2020-21 after they finished their gap year.
Highlights from College Gap Year Survey
March 22, 2021
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Schools with the highest rates of Gap Year deferrals were also those with 100% remote learning in fall 2020. With one exception, every school responding to our survey indicated that their policy for Gap Year deferrals for the Class of 2025 will be the same as last year. Visit our latest post to access the full list and deferral data.
Latest Analysis of 2020 Gap Year Numbers
February 23, 2021
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Our analysis estimates that the number of high school graduates opting for a Gap Year increased to 6.1% in 2020. We started with 2019 data from 55 colleges and universities indicating that 1.8% of admitted first years took a Gap Year in 2019.
Growing the Gap Year Movement
November 12, 2019
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the 2019 Gap Year Conference continues the effort to challenge conventional thinking, and encourage people to rethink Gap Years and get more excited about this unique educational opportunity for students.
12 Indispensable Items for Your Travels
April 5, 2019
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Photo Credits: Gap Year Solutions 1. Notebook/Journal. According to the Gap Year Association, a journal can be incredibly useful while you’re on your gap year, and can be a helpful
