Gap Year Programs

This list provides a starting point for exploring programs designed for students who want to take a gap year between graduating from high school and beginning college. There are different types of programs -- community service, educational, travel and combination -- which are organized under general headings.
 
There are many gap year programs; this list is just a beginning.
 
General Information about the Gap Year and Gap Year Programs
These websites will familiarize you with the types of opportunities available
1. Center for Interim Programs: http://www.interimprograms.com/

 

 

 
5. Where Are You Headed? http://www.whereyouheaded.com/

 

 

 
10. The Gap Year Advantage by Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson
11. The Gap Year Book by Lonely Planet
Specific Programs
Key
SP = has summer as well as gap year programs
$ = program involves tuition or fee
Pay = program provides room, board, stipend, and/or benefits
 
Community Service in the United States
Habitat for Humanity http://www.habitat.org/ $
Student Conservation (SCA) http://www.thesca.org/ Pay
California Conservation (CCC) http://www.ccc.ca.gov Pay
 
Community Service Abroad
Thinking Beyond Borders http://www.thinkingbeyondborders.org/ $
IICD http://www.iicd-volunteer.org $ (or volunteer for 3-6 months and expenses will be covered)
Global Crossroad www.globalcrossroad.com $, SP
Habitat for Humanity http://www.habitat.org/ $
Cross-Cultural Solutions http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org $, SP
 
Structured Educational Programs in the United States
Audubon Expedition Institute http://www.lesley.edu/gsass/audubon/index.html $
Castle Rock Institute http://www.castle-rock.org/ $, SP
BridgetonAcademy www.bridgtonacademy.org $, All-male
Woolman Semester http://www.woolman.org $
 
Structured Educational Programs Abroad
1. AFS International http://www.usa.afs.org/usa_en/home $, SP
2. Masa Israel Journey http://www.masaisrael.org/masa/english/ $ (Grants
available)
4.Global Quest http://www.gquest.org/ $
5.Living Routes www.LivingRoutes.org $, SP
 
Travel/Living/Working in the United States
Programs in this category vary widely in what they offer, with some including a coursework component.
1. Dynamy www.dynamy.org $
2. Camphill http://www.camphill.org, Pay
3. Brown Ledge Gap Year http://www.brownledgegapyear.org $
 
Outdoor Emphasis
4. Outward Bound www.outwardbound.org $
5. NationalOutdoorLeadershipSchool (NOLS) www.nols.edu $, SP
 
Research Emphasis – United States or Abroad
6. Earthwatchwww.earthwatch.org $, SP
 
Travel/Living/Working Abroad
3. Bridge Year http://www.bridgeyear.com/ $, SP
4. SIACH http://www.siach.org/ $, grants
5. Where There Be Dragons http://www.wheretherebedragons.com $, SP
6. International Cultural Adventures: www.ICAdventures.com $, SP
7. Experiment in International Living: http://www.experimentinternational.org/ $, SP
8. Time Out Adventures http://www.timeoutadventures.org/ $
9. Sojourns Abroad http://www.sojournsabroad.org/ $
 
At Sea
1. Semester at Sea http://www.semesteratsea.org $, SP
2. Seamester http://www.seamester.com/ $, SP
3. Class Afloat http://www.classafloat.com/ $, SP
4. Sea Education Association http://www.sea.edu/home/ $, SP

 

9. Serve Your World http://www.serveyourworld.com/

 



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