Gap Year Options During Covid

This year students will have to think outside of the box of the traditional gap year.

Gap year options during covid. Covid 19 hasn t changed that. Gap years have always been an option but haven t been very popular. For over 10 years i have been providing families with gap year suggestions tailored to their interests budgets geographies and life goals. Coronavirus precludes both the possibility of a fall semester on a campus and any such travel or work.

In an ordinary year roughly 2 of college bound high school grads elect to take a gap year prior to launching their postsecondary career. One option being considered by students is a temporary withdrawal from school for a gap year motivated by health concerns related to the covid 19 pandemic or simply wishing for a more. Impact of covid 19 on gap years updated september 21 2020 to stay as informed as possible during covid 19 disruption gap year solutions is gathering and disseminating as much information as possible to prospective gap year students. This year some have.

The nonprofit gap year association which accredits gap year programs estimates that before covid about 40 000 students took a gap year after high school graduation. Dear high school seniors. The cdc covid 19 page. Many spend the time traveling internationally volunteering with a non profit organization or entering the workforce to save money and gain some real life experience.

The heca link below provides daily updates on the impact of covid 19 on higher education. This year may. With covid 19 keeping college online now is the time to take a gap year with universities remaining virtual now is the time for real world experiences. I want to help you see what is possible even when things are uncertain.

Brandon busteed has argued that it s time to reinvent the gap year to obliterate the stigma that a gap year is sometimes seen as a year off for many students it s the right first.