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college with a purpose, not

arbitrarily because it is what society
recommends.

Gaining immersed linguistic experience,

and possible fluency.

Gap year alumni are more likely to be

supported with scholarships to engage in
further civic engagement, national and
international university studies.

Gap year alumni are provided

with practical field experience that is applied
and referenced to university learning.

Gap year students have an opportunity to

apply the past 12 years of academic classroom
knowledge to relevant experiences and studies
- thus gaining clarity about career
ambitions both favorable and unfavorable.

Field experience and cross-cultural

understanding sets gap year graduates ahead
of other employee applicants.

Universities mostly understand that

students who have completed a Gap Year will
be more invested, better community members,
and have better employability partially as a
result of their gap year

Develop cross-cultural understanding and

competence through cultural immersion.

Learn how to communicate when there are

different basic vocabularies as a vital tool
gained on a gap year.

Creative problem solving as a form of

taking any challenging situation and turning it
into an opportunity - much like a broken down
bus in transit, a cultural misstep, or simply
being sick while on a gap year.

Understand how different environments

inform cultural foundation and shape
relationships among the earth and local
communities.

Internationalize perspective on 'living',

how it is done and what is viewed as
successful in other cultures. Experience all of
the different ways to do this thing called life.

Evaluate personal values and identify one's

own 'best' way of living.

Create one's own version of

"success" rather than acquiesce to that offered
by running the routine.