The Complete Guide to the Gap Year: The Best Things to do Between High School and College -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Fundamentals of the Gap Year -- Chapter 1: The Gap Year: It's Not a Vacation -- HISTORY OF THE GAP YEAR -- OTHER NAMES FOR GAP YEAR -- WHAT TYPES OF THINGS DO STUDENTS DO ON A GAP YEAR? -- WHY GO ON A GAP YEAR? -- THE BENEFITS OF A GAP YEAR -- THE GAP YEAR AS A RESUME BUILDER -- WHY NOW? WHY NOT AFTER COLLEGE? -- WHY THE GAP YEAR IS BENEFICIAL TO STUDENTS TODAY -- Chapter 2: College as the Ultimate Goal: What Do Deans of College Admissions Think of the Gap Year? -- COLLEGES ARE LEADING THE WAY -- WORKING WITH YOUR DEANŚ OFFICE: GETTING A DEFERRAL -- WHEN THE GAP YEAR ISN'T YOUR FIRST CHOICE -- CAN THE GAP YEAR HELP YOU GET INTO A BETTER COLLEGE? -- WILL THE GAP YEAR ADD MORE PRESSURE TO ALREADY STRESSED STUDENTS? -- ADMISSIONS DIRECTORS SPEAK OUT ON THE GAP YEAR -- HOW TO APPLY TO COLLEGE DURING A GAP YEAR -- PARENTAL WORRIES -- APPLYING FROM THE ROAD: WILL YOU HAVE BETTER LUCK THIS TIME? -- Chapter 3: The Postgraduate Year: A Bridge Between High School and College -- WHAT IS THE POSTGRADUATE YEAR? -- HISTORY OF THE POSTGRADUATE YEAR -- THE ATHLETIC POSTGRADUATE YEAR -- FINDING THE RIGHT POSTGRADUATE YEAR PROGRAM -- THE POSTGRADUATE YEAR ADMISSIONS PROCESS -- IMPLICATIONS OF PURSUING A POSTGRADUATE YEAR -- THE POSTGRADUATE YEAR IN GREAT BRITAIN -- Chapter 4: Financing Your Gap Year -- FREE GAP YEAR PROGRAMS -- LOW-COST GAP YEAR PROGRAMS -- FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID FOR GAP YEAR PROGRAMS -- VOLUNTEER GAP YEAR PROGRAMS AND TAX DEDUCTIONS -- FUNDRAISING FOR THE GAP YEAR -- WORKING TO FUND THE GAP YEAR -- GAP YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS -- EDUCATIONAL LOANS -- FINANCIAL AID GAP YEAR OVERLAP FOR SIBLINGS -- WHY DO YOU HAVE TO PAY A FEE TO VOLUNTEER? -- INSURANCE FOR THE GAP YEAR.

Chapter 5: The Year of National Service: A Free Gap Year Option -- THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION: BORN TO SERVE -- PRESIDENT OBAMAŚ CALL TO SERVICE -- AMERICORPS: CHANGING LIVES, CHANGING AMERICA -- NATIONAL CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS -- MAKING A CASE FOR A GAP YEAR IN NATIONAL SERVICE -- Chapter 6: The Gap Year Decision: Is It Right for You? -- CONSIDER WHERE YOU ARE ON YOUR PERSONAL EDUCATIONAL PATH -- RESEARCHING AND EVALUATING GAP YEAR PROGRAMS -- RESEARCH METHODS: HOW TO FIND AND EVALUATE PROGRAMS -- GAP YEAR PROGRAM DIRECTORS ́VIEWS ON CHOOSING THE RIGHT PROGRAM -- TAKING THE PLUNGE: COMMITTING TO A GAP YEAR -- Part II: Directory of Gap Year Programs -- Volunteer Programs: Multiple Countries -- AFRICA & ASIA VENTURE -- AIDE ABROAD -- AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE -- AMIGOS DE LAS AMERICAS -- A BROADER VIEW VOLUNTEERS CORP -- COSMIC VOLUNTEERS -- CROSS CULTURAL SOLUTIONS -- DRAGONFLY VOLUNTEER PROJECTS -- ECO VOLUNTEER UP -- EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING INTERNATIONAL -- FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- GAP GURU -- GLOBAL CITIZENS NETWORK -- GLOBAL CROSSROAD -- GLOBAL ROUTES -- GLOBAL SERVICE CORPS -- GLOBAL VOLUNTEERS -- GLOBAL VOLUNTEERS NETWORK -- I-TO-I -- INSTITUTE FOR FIELD RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS -- LATTITUDE -- LONGE DOMINICA -- ORPHANAGE SUPPORT SERVICES -- PRO WORLD -- PROJECTS ABROAD -- QUEST OVERSEAS -- STUDENTS PARTNERSHIP WORLDWIDE -- VOLUNTEERS FOR PEACE -- WLS INTERNATIONAL -- Volunteer Programs: Africa -- AFRICAN CONSERVATION EXPERIENCE -- AFRICAN GREAT LAKES INITIATIVE -- AFRICAN IMPACT -- AFRICAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY -- AVIVA -- DODWELL TRUST -- INSPIRE KENYA -- OCEAN RESEARCH CONSERVATION AFRICA -- OPERATION CROSSROADS AFRICA -- SHUMBA EXPERIENCE -- Volunteer Programs: United States -- AMERICORPS -- CITY YEAR -- HABITAT FOR HUMANITY -- NATIONAL PARK SERVICE VOLUNTEERS -- PUBLIC ALLIES -- STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION.

OTHER VOLUNTEER OPTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES -- Cultural Immersion Programs -- ADVENTURE IRELAND -- ANDEO INTERNATIONAL HOMESTAYS -- AUSTRALEARN -- BRIDGE YEAR -- CARPE DIEM EDUCATION -- CHINA QUEST -- COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE -- CULTURAL DESTINATION NEPAL -- CULTURAL EMBRACE -- EDUCATION FIRST MULTI-LANGUAGE YEAR -- EL CASAL BARCELONA -- GLOBAL CITIZEN YEAR -- GLOBAL LEARNING ACROSS BORDERS -- INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL ADVENTURES -- INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE'S COLLEGE OF DENMARK -- KIBBUTZ PROGRAM CENTER -- KING'S ACADEMY -- KOKROBITEY INSTITUTE -- KWA MADWALA -- LEAP NOW -- LIVING ROUTES -- MADVENTURER -- MAGIC CARPET RIDES -- MASA ISRAEL JOURNEY -- PASSAGE INTERNATIONAL -- RUSTIC PATHWAYS -- SAGE: STUDIES ABROAD FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION -- SOJOURNS ABROAD -- SOUTHERN FRANCE YOUTH INSTITUTE -- SUNRISE -- THINKING BEYOND BORDERS -- UP WITH PEOPLE -- VENTURECO WORLDWIDE -- VERMONT INTERCULTURAL SEMESTERS -- WHERE THERE BE DRAGONS -- WORLD LEARNING STUDY ABROAD -- YOUNG JUDAEA YEAR COURSE -- YOUTH INTERNATIONAL -- Adventure Programs -- BRITISH SCHOOLS EXPLORING SOCIETY -- GLOBAL VISION INTERNATIONAL -- GREENFORCE -- PACIFIC CHALLENGE -- RALEIGH INTERNATIONAL -- TREKFORCE -- Language Study Programs -- AIL MADRID SPANISH LANGUAGE IMMERSION SCHOOL -- AMERISPAN -- CESA LANGUAGES ABROAD -- LANGUAGE LINK -- Art, Music, Theater, and Media Programs -- ACTOR'S COLLEGE OF THEATRE AND TELEVISION -- APICIUS: THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF FLORENCE -- ART HISTORY ABROAD -- BROWN LEDGE GAP YEAR -- JOHN HALL PRE-UNIVERSITY COURSE IN VENICE -- LE CORDON BLEU CULINARY INSTITUTE -- LONDON SCHOOL OF SOUND -- NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY -- NORTHERN GAP THEATER SCHOOL -- SANTA REPARATA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ART -- STUDIO ART CENTERS INTERNATIONAL, FLORENCE -- Sailing and Tall Ship Programs -- BARQUE PICTON CASTLE -- CLASS AFLOAT -- LIVING CLASSROOMS -- OCEAN CLASSROOM.

ODYSSEY EXPEDITIONS -- SEA/MESTER -- SEA SEMESTER AT WOOD'S HOLE -- SEMESTER AT SEA -- WORLD OCEAN SCHOOL -- Conservation, Environment, and Marine Life Programs -- AUDUBON EXPEDITION INSTITUTE -- BLUE VENTURES -- CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS -- CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS AUSTRALIA -- CORAL CAY CONSERVATION EXPEDITIONS -- DOLPHIN INSTITUTE -- EARTHWATCH -- FRONTIER -- INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL ECOLOGY -- THE LEAP -- SCHOOL FOR FIELD STUDIES -- WILD LANDS STUDIES -- Outdoor andWilderness Programs -- CASTLE ROCK INSTITUTE -- INTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL -- NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL -- OUTWARD BOUND -- OUTWARD BOUND INTERNATIONAL -- Sports Programs -- ALTITUDE FUTURES -- AMERICAN FOOTBALL AROUND THE WORLD -- AUSTRALASIAN GOLF ACADEMY -- FLYING FISH -- GLOBAL SPORTS EXPERIENCE -- IMG ACADEMIES -- SKI LE GAP -- TICKET TO RIDE -- TRAVELLERS WORLDWIDE -- Miscellaneous Programs -- ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA -- ARCHEOSPAIN -- DYNAMY -- WOOLMAN SEMESTER -- Postgraduate Year Programs -- ABOUT THIS DIRECTORY -- AVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL -- BERKSHIRE SCHOOL -- BLAIR ACADEMY -- BREWSTER ACADEMY -- BRIDGTON ACADEMY -- CANTERBURY SCHOOL -- CHESHIRE ACADEMY -- CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL SCHOOL -- CUSHING ACADEMY -- DEERFIELD ACADEMY -- FORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMY -- THE GUNNERY -- HARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY -- HEBRON ACADEMY -- HILL SCHOOL -- HOTCHKISS SCHOOL -- HUN SCHOOL OF PRINCETON -- INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY -- KENT SCHOOL -- KENTS HILL SCHOOL -- KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY -- LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL -- LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL -- MERCERSBURG ACADEMY -- NATIONAL SPORTS ACADEMY -- NEW HAMPTON SCHOOL -- NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL -- PEDDIE SCHOOL -- PHILLIPS ACADEMY (ANDOVER) -- PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY -- POMFRET SCHOOL -- SAINT THOMAS MORE SCHOOL -- SALISBURY SCHOOL -- SUFFIELD ACADEMY -- TAFT SCHOOL -- THAMES ACADEMY AT MITCHELL COLLEGE -- TILTON SCHOOL.

TRINITY PAWLING SCHOOL -- VERMONT ACADEMY -- WESTMINSTER SCHOOL -- WILBRAHAM & MONSON -- WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL -- WINCHENDON SCHOOL -- WORCESTER ACADEMY -- International Postgraduate Year Options -- BRITISH AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION -- OXFORD ADVANCED STUDIES PROGRAM -- RIDLEY COLLEGE -- ST LEONARD'S SCHOOL -- Gap Year Resources -- About the Author -- References -- Index.