Gapyear.com offers this beautiful travel video to inspire your gap year plans. Kien Lam — photographer, filmmaker, and traveler extraordinaire — posted this film and …
Get Skills Employers Want with a Gap Year
Google has a reputation for being one of America’s best workplaces: great salary and benefits, flexible work environments, and lots of time and space …
Summertime Advice for Successful Fall AP Classes
It’s summer! You and your brain are taking a well-deserved break from school. Your history textbook has been replaced by a fluffy historical romance. Your …
Introduce Your Parents to Your Gap Year
If you are a new high school graduate, congratulations! You have reached a significant milestone. You’ve put in some tough years, and you have a good reason …
The World Is Your Classroom
Backpacking across Europe. Spending the year after high school graduation encumbered by nothing but a travel-worn pack and a map of exotic places. It’s a …
Write a Winning Scholarship Essay
You’ve almost finished the application for a scholarship big enough to take a serious bite out of next year’s tuition. You’ve done your research on …
Brush Up Your Grammar
Grammar: a necessary evil in the writing process. It’s all fun and games while you are composing. You can get lost in your ideas during …
Got a Secret?
Shanna had a secret. I could see it every time my senior composition class talked about college preparation. She looked at her notebook, she looked …
Directionally Challenged?
Every September students file into my senior composition class ready for their final high school year. Some faces light up when I ask about college …