Bridging Culture Gaps by Hannah Miller You don’t have to go overseas to experience a different culture – there are a variety of deep and wonderful cultures anywhere. Thus, the most important thing is the way in which you approach any different culture. For instance, traveling from North Carolina to Los Angeles is no doubt going to be a different experience and there’s often little need to go to the other side of the globe to push your comfort zone. That being said, in the words of Holly Bull from the Center for Interim Programs, “Perhaps the most important aspect…
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Everyone Can Travel: Taking a Gap Year for Persons With Disabilities by Hannah Miller and Juanita Lillie We reached out to Juanita Lillie from Abroad With Disabilities, a Michigan non-profit that empowers persons with disabilities to go abroad, to co-author this post with us. Enjoy her take on travel with a disability! JUANITA LILLIE ON THE BENEFITS OF A GAP YEAR: “I am a woman of color with a disability. Many of my readers likely have disabilities or impairments as well as identities related to gender, sexual orientation, race, or the label of first generation student. I went abroad twice,…
Funding a Gap Year: Tips and Resources by Hannah Miller As the 2018 gap year season gets rolling, we’re faced with the most common issue Gappers have: how to pay for it all. Gap years can add up, especially when factoring in programs, flights, travel insurance, and lodging. But even so, we firmly believe that it’s possible for most students to take a gap year. Gap year organizations have given away $4,000,000 in scholarships and grants, with thousands more available for the coming season. With a little extra effort and research, anyone could receive thousands towards their adventure. Put in…
Is Taking a Gap Year Worth Graduating Late? by GYA Admin In short, YES. Gap Years can kickstart motivation, teach valuable life skills, hone resumes into killer shape, and open doors to future opportunities. And believe it or not, Gap Year students may actually graduate a year ahead of time. Did you know that many teenagers in other countries wait a year after high school before heading to college? In Norway, Denmark and Turkey, for instance, more than 50 percent of students take a year off before college, according to the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education…
Building Gap Year Skills Before You Go by Hannah Miller Most students think that their gap year starts the day they board their flight. In reality, your gap year starts the day you commit to taking it. From there on, the entire planning process is a skill-building opportunity that regularly pushes gappers out of their comfort zones. For perhaps the first time in your life, you’ll be managing a budget, researching destinations, signing up for gap year programs, and sorting out the minor details of the adventure ahead. It’s a lot to process, isn’t it? To get the most out…
How a Gap Year Consultant Can Help Make Your Gap Year Better by Hannah Miller You’ve read a few gap year related articles. You’ve started marking a map with your dreamdestinations and your room is littered with guidebooks. You’ve puzzled over budgeting andsavings and you’ve told everyone who will listen that you’re planning on taking a Gap Year. But how will you put all of the pieces together? Planning a Gap Year can be an intimidating task. As the idea of traveling the world for a year before entering university gains popularity, the list of available gap year programs and…
International Experience and University by Hannah Miller How many extra credits can I pack in? Will this essay work for my college admissions? Which school is going to be the best for me? Will I make friends? What if we’ve been asking ourselves the wrong questions all along? What would happen if we stopped focusing on how to “make college work” and instead focused on personal goals for the college experience and the years beyond? Setting those personal goals begins with a deep understanding of what we want. Unfortunately, most of us truly don’t know what we want from the…