As Gap Year Solutions wraps up our first decade as a premier gap year planning service, I wanted to offer some observations from our first 10 years: advice and perspective that I believe will still remain true 10 years from now!
At Gap Year Solutions, we sometimes interview students who are not a fit for a Gap Year program because they are managing …
By Katherine Stievater This past fall, I traveled to South Africa. I’d been looking forward to this site visit for a long …
by Katherine Stievater After the fall semester, I spend time with our students downloading their learnings, and making sure their spring plan …
Here at Gap Year Solutions, we have long focused on helping teens build life skills, and be better prepared to walk on …
Counselors and parents were consistent in their top priorities. As a group, each had "Effective business/ professional communications and soft skills needed" in their top four.
By Katherine Stievater I love finding hidden little gems about Gap Years in the media. This short video from Channel 7 in …
By Katherine Stievater, Founder of Gap Year Solutions Parent attitudes towards Gap Years are changing. Parents I speak with used to be …
By Katherine Stievater I am delighted that the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), of which I am a Professional member, published my …