Normalize the Gap Year
November 13, 2025
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Discusses resetting the gap year model and the role of admissions professionals in this (Inside Higher Ed, 10/20/2025). Link here
Gap Year Gold: Using Gap Year To Boost Admissions
November 13, 2025
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Focuses on gap years helping with maturity, clarity, and strategic application enhancement (Crimson Education, 10/7/2025). Click here
Should I Take a Gap Year? Why Now Is the Perfect Time
November 13, 2025
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Explains gap years as opportunities for learning differently with internships, community service, and travel, emphasizing intentional planning (Tivnu, 9/30/2025). Click here.
Is College Worth It In 2025? Costs, Culture, And Career Gaps
October 2, 2025
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For decades, the path was straightforward: graduate from high school, attend college, secure a job, and enjoy financial stability. Parents saved, students borrowed, and the diploma became shorthand for employability. But in 2025, that script is breaking down.
The Benefits Of Taking A Gap Year
August 11, 2025
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Explores how we can help our children become less materialistic and superficial, and support them in finding their purpose (Erica Komisar, Institute for Family Studies – 6/9/2025). Click here.
Gen Z embracing gap years before college
August 11, 2025
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Includes data from Gap Year Solutions on the number of students taking gap years. NY Post, 7/30/2025. Click here.
How I gatecrashed my daughter’s gap year
May 12, 2025
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What would 22-year-old Amber think when her mother showed up on a ranch in Argentina? And why are more parents following their children across the world? Link to article in
Canvassing, traveling, teaching: How three students filled their gap year
March 17, 2025
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Brown University allows all admitted students to “request to defer enrollment” for one year Link to article from The Brown Daily Herald, 3/17/2025
The value of a gap year
March 9, 2025
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Taking time off to figure things out, or taking a gap year can be extremely valuable, especially if you aren’t sure what kind of path you want to follow after
Gap Year or Therapeutic Program: How to Choose?
February 15, 2025
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This article helps understand the fundamental differences between therapeutic and gap year programs, and when it is appropriate to consider each based on a student’s specific situation. Co-authored by Katherine