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By Katherine Stievater I love finding hidden little gems about Gap Years in the media. This short video from Channel 7 in Austin, TX summarizes the benefits of a Gap […]
By Katherine Stievater, Founder of Gap Year Solutions Parent attitudes towards Gap Years are changing. Parents I speak with used to be …
By Katherine Stievater I am delighted that the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), of which I am a Professional member, published my …
Katherine visited several Gap Year programs in Europe last fall. We asked her to share some of her thoughts from these visits. …
Despite rising awareness of Gap Years and a COVID-induced surge in Gap Years, the number of high school students taking a Gap Year has returned to pre-pandemic levels. We know this from two different sources.
Regular readers of these pages know that we at Gap Year Solutions love data. Given that there is so little data to …
by Katherine Stievater We have a colleague in the Boston area who provides college counseling services to some of our students. In …
by Katherine Stievater, October 13, 2023 After the Hamas terror attack that occurred on October 7, Israel Gap Year programs and families …
Gap Year students, like teens in general, are a study in contrasts. They want more independence, but still need structure. They want …
What we are definitely noticing is that Gap Years are more “normalized” – students are simply not afraid of the idea of taking time off to give themselves time to make sure they are at a college that feels right!
