Ryan Haynes -
Taking a Gap Year
GAP YEAR
LINKS
www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/prospective/applying/time_off/timeoff.html
-Harvard
“Time Out or Burn Out” article in its entirety.
www.gapsports.com
www.gapwork.com/case-studies.html
www.gapyear.com/media/international_2007.html
(variety of gap year articles]
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/education/19educ.html?em&ex=1203656400&en=f93a7828cc58f91e&ei=5087
(Princeton Gap Year article)
http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/374/1/gygy3.pdf
(Gap Year Research Paper)
www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work
(Working in New Zealand information)
www.yorku.ca/gap/ (Information on taking a
gap year and how to defer admission at York University (Canada).
www.gapyear.com (The premier and the
original gap year site)
www.butler.edu/career/ (Go to search tools
on the page for a listing of gap year activities)
http://fcw.needham.k12.ma.us/~gretchen_ayoub/Summer%20Opportunities
(Great resource for a variety of summer and
specialized programs)
Some
Employment and Internship Websites
www.coolworks.com (U.S. based jobs)
www.workingabroad.com
www.dynamy.org
www.yha.org.uk
www.workingholidayinfo.com
www.yini.org.uk (Year in industry)
www.ccusa.com (runs a variety of work
experience programs and other placements in the US, Europe, & South
America.)
Some
Independent Travel Websites
www.wwoof.org and
www.wwoofusa.org (willing workers on
organic farms).
www.transitionsabroad.com
www.bunac.org
www.travellersworldwide.com
www.cultural-ecology.com
www.interexchange.org
Some
Community Service & Volunteering Websites
www.americorps.org –domestic peace corps
www.projects-abroad.org (places people
overseas)
www.wwv.org.uk (worldwide volunteering)
www.timeforgod.org
www.raleighinternational.org
www.crossculturalsolutions.org
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Some
Community Service & Volunteering Websites
www.volunteer.org.nz
www.i-to-i.com
www.operationcrossroadsafrica.org
www.vfp.org (volunteers for peace)
www.worldteach.org
SOME STUDY
WEBSITES
http://www.globalroutes.org (runs semester
long courses overseas)
www.seamester.com (academics at sea;
oceanography)
www.nyfa.com (New York Film Academy)
www.usexperiment.org (The Experiment in
International Living; Fostering Peace Through Understanding)
GAP YEAR BOOKS
Doe, Tessa, et al. A Year
Off....A Year On? Making The Most Of Your Gap Year.
Trowbridge: Lifetime Careers Publishing, 2005.
Haigler, Karl, and Rae
Nelson. The Gap-Year Advantage. New York: St. Martin's
Griffin, 2005.
Pope, Loren. Looking
Beyond The Ivy League: Finding The College That’s Right For You.
New York: Penguin Books, 1995. 47.
