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What is a Gap Year?
After graduating from high school, most students move directly into college, enrolling in classes for the fall semester. However, it is becoming increasingly common for students to break with this tradition, opting instead to defer their freshman enrollment to take a gap year. A gap year is a one-year period where students take a break Read More
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Taking a Pandemic-Induced Gap Year: Yes or No?
As safety measures continue to fluctuate across the nation, high-school graduates, college-transfer students, and working adults alike wonder whether they should take a gap year or gap semester and just wait out this unprecedented tide until we collectively land in more conventional waters. So far, 2020 has yielded a surge of three times the usual Read More
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The Pros and Cons of Taking a Gap Year — Interview With Matthew Hudson-Flege, Program Director, College Advising Corps at Furman U
TUN sits down with Matthew Hudson-Flege, program director of the College Advising Corps. at Furman University, to discuss the pros and cons of taking a gap year. TUN: Matthew, thanks so much for joining us. HUDSON-FLEGE: My pleasure! I want to start positive. What are the pros of taking a gap year? What can students Read More
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Pros and Cons of Taking a Gap Year During COVID-19 Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread in the United States, many students doubt that college campuses will reopen this fall and are understandably underwhelmed about the prospect of paying full tuition for a year of virtual classes. As a result, some current college students are reconsidering their plans for the upcoming fall semester. And Read More
