We’re two admissions leaders working to reframe how families and institutions think about the gap year. I’m Carol, a former college admissions dean with more than 20 years in higher education, and I’m ...

While many premedical students are eager to get started on their medical education, more students are taking a gap year before matriculating into medical school. The traditional pathway to becoming ...

The new genre-bending video game Australia Did It has an RIT connection to the Gap Year Entrepreneurial Fellowship program. “Noah and Aidan were the primary two programmers for the game, and I handled ...

Gap years are often a sign of privilege. It’s true. Media coverage of Malia Obama’s decision to take a gap year before college has brought a new level of attention and scrutiny to gap years in the US.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gap years used to be for 18-year-olds backpacking through Europe before college. Now they're for 48-year-olds who've spent two ...

Most people have heard the spiel about gap years. It usually goes something like this: “Everyone should take a gap year! It’s a way for you to experience the world, explore your interests and yourself ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When I was 17, I took a gap year and traveled to Gambia, Namibia, and Ecuador. The trip taught me practical skills, like budgeting ...

Gap years are often a sign of privilege. It’s true. Media coverage of Malia Obama’s decision to take a gap year before college has brought a new level of attention and scrutiny to gap years in the US.

After spending two months watching women and girls fetch water from the village tap and then walk home with the enormous containers balanced on their heads, I had become increasingly determined to try ...