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Interest in gap years is increasing. Here are tips to make the most of a year "off."

Interest in gap years is increasing. Here are tips to make the most of a year "off."

Taking time off from Cornell allowed me to start defining myself as a person, not just as a student. Without the persistent pressure of exams, papers and club obligations, I discovered the space to question who I am when classes end and life begins.

Have been developed without student input. are significantly stricter than our peer institutions and are in conflict with cdc guidelines. so there is no given data that says numbers are higher there? >> you know, well, we had this petition and like you said, it had about 450 signatures. so we sent to our schools president. they wouldnt cite their sources. and they changed one thing. they changed the outdoor mask mandate. so whoopi do. no more masks outside. so as of right now, all these other re...

There are a million ways to spend a gap semester.  In recent years, entering College of General Studies students—who take a gap semester in the fall before coming to Boston University in the spring—have climbed Mt. Fuji, produced films, even joined the Boston Celtics dance squad.  In a pandemic, however, options are more limited—but that didn’t stop this year’s 611 incoming students from finding creative ways to spend their fall.  “Students plan their own gap semester experiences...