・Your aid package is not guaranteed to remain the same if you defer or take a gap year. ・Your need-based aid is recalculated annually, and merit aid deferment is based on school policies. ・If you take ...

Since the pandemic upended students’ educational paths, more and more young people have opened their minds up to taking a gap year between high school and college. Taking time off felt natural for ...

Q. I think I want to take a gap year. I worked hard in high school, especially since 10th grade. My grades are great, and I got into my first-choice college. My family is happy, my teachers are proud, ...

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 ...

As others were packing their bags and preparing for their first days of orientation on College Hill, Ifadayo Engel-Halfkenny ’27 was flying to Atlanta. Instead of coming to Brown with the cohort of ...

A gap year refers to a student hitting pause on traditional academic work to take a breath if they’re overwhelmed with school (or life). I often work with parents who only see two options when their ...

Granny grad! At 74, Dorotea Levy de Szekely just nabbed a bachelor's degree from Hunter College -- showing it's never too late to crack the books or rewrite your life story. Stephen Yang for N.Y.Post ...

Jeanie Chang still remembers the moment she realized she couldn’t keep going down the same path. As a journalist working in a ...

A couple taking a "gap year" to travel the world with their 6-year-old daughter says the adventure is cheaper than it would have been to remain in the U.K. Hayley and Lewis Trow have "traded ...

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.