Katherine Stievater recently held a virtual talk about the impacts of COVID-19 on Gap Years. Here’s what you need to know
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College Support for Gappers (Part 2)
How do colleges welcome Gappers on to campus and help them assimilate into college life
College Support for Gappers (Part 1)
Digging deeper with examples into how U.S. colleges and universities provide specific support for Gappers
Gap Years’ Lasting Impact
By Anna Nickerson, Babson College Class of 2022 A Gap Year is an exciting opportunity for students, providing them with opportunities to get out of their comfort zones, gain valuable life skills, improve independent decision making, gain work experience, and so much more. But how does a Gap Year impact students further down the roadContinue reading “Gap Years’ Lasting Impact”
You should take a gap year… and Colleges think so too!
The traditional educational path often falls short for both students and the colleges they attend, with over 30% of freshmen failing to return to their initial college.
Growing the Gap Year Movement
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.
What’s Your Story?
Earlier this year, our Founder, Katherine Stievater visited several Gap Year programs in Europe. While with one of these programs, she spent time with a group of Gap Year students in Italy, and had the chance to speak with them over the course of several days about “Why” – why did they choose to takeContinue reading “What’s Your Story?”
Roof Pups
Photo Credit: John Widmer, roamingaroundtheworld.com One of our Gappers completed his Gap Year in Spring 2017. We recently caught up with him and he told us about the phenomenon known as “roof pups” in Cuba. What did you do during your Gap Year? I worked in two restaurants in the Fall and early Winter, toContinue reading “Roof Pups”
Transitioning from a Gap Year to College (Part 2)
by Anna Nickerson, Babson College Class of 2022 Anna and Alex, one of her best friends from her gap year, reaching the peak of Wind River Range While my transition to college definitely had its challenges, my gap year really helped with a number of things. First of all, the prospect of living with aContinue reading “Transitioning from a Gap Year to College (Part 2)”
Transitioning from a Gap Year to College (Part 1)
By Anna Nickerson, Babson College Class of 2022 Anna near Boulder CO before embarking on her gap year. When I first took a gap year, I got a flood of questions from friends; “Will you feel weird about not still being in our graduating class? What about college? Can you defer? Are you planning toContinue reading “Transitioning from a Gap Year to College (Part 1)”
