Celebrating the 2025 Midyear Graduates
March 6, 2026
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Profiles of three Harvard students who took gap time before or during college. (Harvard College News, 12/18/2025). Click here
Cliches, Identities, and Everything in Between
March 6, 2026
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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
When to Consider a Gap Year Program
August 11, 2025
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Support for students who aren’t ready for college (Child Mind Institute, 7/9/2025). 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.
There’s a Crazy New Wrinkle to Choosing a College
July 1, 2025
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A last-minute round of deal-making from schools eager to boost enrollment. By Jeff Selingo, 5/23/2025. New York Magazine (link to Apple News version). Otherwise paywalled 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
Ex-‘MythBusters’ host Adam Savage says taking a gap year may be the right move for your career
May 12, 2025
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Link to article in DNYUZ, 4/28/2025
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
How To Take a Gap Year
December 18, 2024
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Abby Falik on the benefits of taking a break from traditional education. On the How To! podcast (5/28/2024). Click here. Transcript here.