Gap+Year?

This page is a work in progress. If you have resources to share, please send them to Ms. Smith (jsmith@wilmingtonfriends.org). Thank you!

NACAC article on gap years, with questions to consider, suggested reading, and online resources - a good place to start. "In Fervent Support of the Gap Year" - a New York Times article written by the parent of a student who took a gap year. There are reassuring statistics showing that kids who take gap years often earn higher GPAs than their peers when they return to college. Getting In To College Doesn't Mean Students Are Ready To Go - why a gap year might be a good fit for students who aren't quite ready for independence. Helpful article on gap years, including resources such as Gap Year Fairs and City Year. "Should I Take Time Off? Considering a Gap Year" - article from Harvard College's admissions page. "What About a Gap Year?" from Middlebury College, who also provides a page of resources and profiles of students who took gap years. Gap Year May Have Benefits Long After College Malia Obama's Gap Year Part of a Growing Trend (with resources, linked below)

Princeton's Bridge Year program

Elon's Gap Experience UNC-Chapel Hill's Global Gap Year Fellowship An Argument For a Yearlong Breather Why Taking a Gap Year Matters