Still uncertain? Check out Bryn Mawr's list or this one from USC for other ideas of what to do during a gap year. No matter where you end up, this is just your first step. You’ve got your whole life ...

While many students head directly to college after graduating from high school, a smaller cohort chooses an alternative: a gap year. What may have previously been seen as an unconventional path ...

Are you considering taking a gap year or know you are taking a gap year between graduating high school and starting university? A gap year can have an impact on applying to PLC, however, the impact is ...

As medical school becomes more competitive, more premedical students are deciding to take a gap year after graduation, largely in an effort to become as competitive an applicant as possible.

The following has been edited for length and clarity. Before I quit to take a gap year, I'd been working since the day I turned 15 — I worked throughout high school. Sometimes I had two jobs.

Students may not enroll as a degree-seeking candidate at any other institution or complete more than 15 hours of college credit during their gap year, or 6 hours if deferring for a semester. Admission ...

President Barack Obama’s daughter Malia is taking a year off after graduating from high school before attending Harvard University as part of an expanding program for students known as a “gap ...

After several difficult years preparing for the DSEs, let's be honest, we just want to get in. Most Hong Kong students don't even think about taking a gap year, partly because they don't realise ...