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/
3. Planet Gap Year http://www.planetgapyear.com/
4. Serve Net http://servenet.org/
5. Where Are You Headed? http://www.whereyouheaded.com/
6. Taking Off http://www.takingoff.net/
7. Gap Year http://www.gapyear.com/
8. Volunteer Workhttp://volunteerswork.net/
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
Community Service Abroad
Structured Educational Programs in the United States
BridgetonAcademy www.bridgtonacademy.org $, All-male
Structured Educational Programs Abroad
available)
Travel/Living/Working in the United States
Programs in this category vary widely in what they offer, with some including a coursework component.
Outdoor Emphasis
Research Emphasis – United States or Abroad
Travel/Living/Working Abroad
1. Kivunim (Israel) http://www.masaisrael.org/Masa/English/Programs/Kivunim+-+New+Directions.htm $, grants
At Sea
9. Serve Your World http://www.serveyourworld.com/
2. Enrichment Alley http://www.enrichmentalley.com/