Gap Years
These articles provide advice about this increasingly popular and sensible option. There's also at least one article about considering not going to college at all.
To get access to Teen Life's 2024 Gap Year Guide, go to https://issuu.com/teenlife/docs/gap_guide_2024
To get access to Teen Life's 2024 Gap Year Virtual Fair on March 7 at 6 p.m., go to https://www.teenlife.com/event-registration/teenlife-live-gap-year-virtual-fair-march-7-2024/?event-title=TeenLife+LIVE%3A+Gap+Year+Virtual+Fair+%28March+2024%29&utm_source=b2e_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=feb_27_b2e
For an on-demand virtual Gap Year Fair:
On-Demand: Gap Year Virtual Fair
For a YouTube playlist containing recordings of a November 2023 Gap Year fair and each individual program's presentation, go to
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX2RiaSZ4EzmiuuBKE9a4xaaANi-w9x_z
If you want to explore options for a Gap Year here's a good clearinghouse for information on opportunities: https://www.gapyearassociation.org/
One great gap year program in Worcester, MA that you'll find on the list above is Dynamy. We have had one alumni find it a great fit before going on to college: https://dynamy.org/
CIEE is an organization that runs summer and gap year programs abroad. They offer scholarships each fall: https://www.ciee.org/sites/default/files/content/documents/hsob/summer/190920-global_navigator_scholarship_faq.pdf
Another website with gap year ideas, especially those that involve travel, is www.thegapyearhub.com
ArtsBridge has a theater gap year program that goes fifteen weeks in the fall: https://artsbridge.com/gapyear/
Here's an interesting Gap Year program specifically for students with ADHD and/or learning disabilities: https://info.teenlife.com/soar-gap-programs?utm_campaign=B2C%204%20Collab%20Gap%20Students&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=77796040&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_JYGDMP6LNksHJ3NJfqYbsc1uXegWrABL4kKZ1CuUQxcMlObzUAsh9tk1q4VxACmm8xErqRwURIjpl6JzBwNr1dZbUPA&_hsmi=77796040
If you're interested in an adventure abroad, Africa & Asia Venture (AV)'s gap year volunteering program on the beautiful Indian Ocean coast of Kenya is up and running once again! To celebrate we are offering – exclusively and only via schools / colleges with which we have had dealings since we started back in ’94 – a free place on our Kenya program worth a maximum of £3,295 (approx. US$4,500). Therefore, please forward this e-mail to all / any students you think could be interested: all they have to do is e-mail me and ask to enter the prize draw! (*)
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