Gap Year Options During Covid

The cdc covid 19 page.

Gap year options during covid.

I want you to see what you could possibly do on a gap year if you couldn t travel or work. The heca link below provides daily updates on the impact of covid 19 on higher education. 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. This year may.

I want to help you see what is possible even when things are uncertain. Gap years have always been an option but haven t been very popular. Covid 19 hasn t changed that. 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.

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. 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. In an ordinary year roughly 2 of college bound high school grads elect to take a gap year prior to launching their postsecondary career. This year some have.

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. Dear high school seniors. It s time to consider a gap year thanks to covid 19. Although taking a gap year isn t high on young americans to do lists the current covid 19 climate has left many wondering if a year off from academics is still an option.

Coronavirus precludes both the possibility of a fall semester on a campus and any such travel or work.