Gap Year

What is a gap year all about?

A gap year is also known as a sabbatical, time off, time out and a year out, referring to a period of time (not necessarily 12 months) in which people disengage from curricular education and/or work to undertake activities such as traveling, volunteering or working abroad. We work with gap year students to help them explore other options before going to college. We also attend gap year fairs to be more informed of these programs.

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In the field of college applications, a gap year is a year taken between high school and college. During this gap year, students engage in extra-academic and non-academic courses, language studies, volunteer work, travel, internships, sports and more; all for the purpose of improving themselves and their resumes before going to college. These academic gap years are also called Pathways, Prep-Years and Bridge-Years. Our consultant will work to find the right gap program to increase a student's kn...More

In the field of college applications, a gap year is a year taken between high school and college. During this gap year, students engage in extra-academic and non-academic courses, language studies, volunteer work, travel, internships, sports and more; all for the purpose of improving themselves and their resumes before going to college. These academic gap years are also called Pathways, Prep-Years and Bridge-Years. Our consultant will work to find the right gap program to increase a student's knowledge area before applying to college. In most cases, these students must have high academic ability, and not display a low academic performance. This is not for struggling teens or adolescents with behavioral challenges, as we will explain to parents and students.

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Gap Year Studies:

A gap year Studies is for a student who might not be ready for college and needs a different experience. In this case, we review our GAP year placement option. A gap year is for achievement-oriented students not failing or poor-performance students.

Gap-year students are becoming increasingly more popular with a decrease in students attending school remotely or online. In this case, we review our GAP year placement option. A gap year is for achievement-oriented students not failing or poor-performance students. The raising cost of tuition and the number of students taking online courses has changed the focus to mote students to pursue career base studies or alternatives. education options.

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Atlas Life

Atlas Life is a Gap year and early college experience for young adults. The program is designed specifically to enhance students' life toward college living helping students to achieve independent. We work with this program for young adults.

Atlas Life
The Bridge Costa Rica

The Bridge Costa Rica is a Cap year adventure program that has several pieces including adventure and learning and cultural immersion. The Bridge is one of the many Gap Year college living helping students to achieve programs throughout Costa Rica, which is a fluent Spanish culture Costa Rica which explores culture, diversity, and learning in all one place.

The Bridge Costa Rica
Pathfinder

Pathfinder is a Gap year international program located in Costa Rica. We met with the program on a Zoom call this week in June to discuss the program. This is a very culturally immersed program for adolescents ages 17 or up to have the opportunity to learn the culture and engage in learning before college.

Pathfinder is what the term suggests as a path to learning and exploring while earning school credit. The program has some clinical pieces with support staff involved in some therapy sessions.

Pathfinder
Wisdom Rach

Wisdom Ranch is a GAP year and transitional program for young men it provides direction and support to students leaving high school looking for direction before heading toward college. There are some vocation skills in the program and also equine therapy as well or horsemanship.

Wisdom Rach
Point School Puerto Rico

Point Schools Puerto Rico is located in Puerto Rico, in the United States. This program is designed for young adults and provides experiential learning along with adventure and perhaps college courses in a simulated gape year program

Point School Puerto Rico
Gap Year Association

GAP Year Association is an affiliated membership for Gap year programs and they hold yearly conference to allow those who are involved d in Gap year students to be a part of this organization.

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Pacific Discovery

Pacific Discovery is an adventure-based Gap year program endorsed by The Gap year Association. Pacific Discovery offers experiential gap year semester and summer programs abroad to some of the most amazing places on earth. Our programs are deliberate overland journeys, blending authentic immersion in diverse cultures, meaningful service-learning projects, rewarding adventures, wilderness exploration, and personal development.

Pacific Discovery
New Summit

New Summit is a Gap year international program located in Costa Rica. This program focused on learning and exploration addressing the academic needs of soon-to-be graduating seniors or juniors while addressing their college placement needs.

New Summit
Spain Abroad

SPAIN ABROAD is a Gap year program for students seeking to study abroad. The Gap year Association supports this program and we are scheduled to meet with them virtually on Thursday to discuss the program with other GAP year programs This program allows students to learn Spanish which is the principal language of the county and also learn the culture of Spain as well. Students earn college credit.

Spain Abroad
Sibanye South Africa

Sibanye is a Gap Year program in South Africa designed to give student the opportunity to see South African its culture and the immersion of the culture of Africa. Many Gap year programs have destination which include African culture. We has a Zoom meting in June with this program and learning more about its academic and culture support.

Sibanye South Africa
College Study Abroad

College Study Abroad is an international Gap year program that includes the newer Pirates Study Abroad Program. This si a releasably new program for college students,

College Study Abroad
Echo Springs

Echo Spring is a young adult program in Sand Point ID. Chelsea Dickson is a fellow professional I have known for many years and developed the program for young adult women. The program is a Gap year and young adult program for young women.

Echo Springs