Gap Year

Gap Year Programs for After College

• Wayfinding academy - [1]
• American Connection Corps - [2]
• Free to Roam Adventires = consulting - [3]

After High School

• https://www.gooverseas.com/program-search/gap?f[0]=location:385&f[1]=program_tags:1369&f[2]=program_tags:1374&f[3]=program_tags:11692&f[4]=program_tags:1364&f[5]=program_tags:1376&f[6]=length:1019

Programs before College

• A+ World Academy - 64 students on a ship [4]
• Workaway - but visa issues - [5] .Vid - [6]. US immig doesn't seem to allow Workaway without work visa - [7]
• americorps - [8]
• Habitat gap year - [9]
• Flashy - [10]
• Flashy 2 - [11]
• Research with sessions teaching you - [12]
• Oxford - [13]

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 - [14]
• 30-40,000 students take a gap year each year in the US - [15]
• 1% of students defer college admission - and most are from higher income brackets - [16]

Examples

• Princeton - [17]

Links

• Resources for teachers - [18]