Gap Year

Programs

• Workaway - but visa issues - [1] .Vid - [2]. US immig doesn't seem to allow Workaway without work visa - https://www.google.com/search?q=how+long+can+a+foreigner+stay+in+the+usa+for+workaway+on+a+tourist+visa&sca_esv=088a4fa2f77d5085&sxsrf=AHTn8zoCWgDaTd_sf_vueddO3Uuev8EoMA%3A1746056122685&ei=urMSaIzSKYW5wN4PrrXWyA0&ved=0ahUKEwiMl8339YCNAxWFHNAFHa6aFdkQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=how+long+can+a+foreigner+stay+in+the+usa+for+workaway+on+a+tourist+visa&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiR2hvdyBsb25nIGNhbiBhIGZvcmVpZ25lciBzdGF5IGluIHRoZSB1c2EgZm9yIHdvcmthd2F5IG9uIGEgdG91cmlzdCB2aXNhMgUQIRiSAzIFECEYkgMyBRAhGJIDMgUQIRiSAzIFECEYkgMyBRAhGJIDSJOKAVC-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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp]
• americorps - [3]
• Habitat gap year - [4]
• Flashy - [5]
• Flashy 2 - [6]
• Research with sessions teaching you - [7]
• Oxford - [8]

Stats

• 25% in a survey of 1000 people have taken a gap year - http://www.hostelworldgroup.com/~/media/Files/H/Hostelworld/press-release/HostelworldSurveyResults%201.pdf
• ~10-15% are unemployed after college - [9]
• 30-40,000 students take a gap year each year in the US - [10]
• 1% of students defer college admission - and most are from higher income brackets - [11]

Examples

• Princeton - [12]