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YCBK 407: 20 answers to questions about taking a Gap Year
YCBK 407: 20 answers to questions about taking a Gap YearInterview 173: Matt Bonser on “Answers to 20 FAQ about Gap Years”
- Matt shares a trend he is observing in admissions this year.
- Matt tells us what his role is for Gap year applicants to Colorado College
- Matt tells us what a Gap year is.
- Matt tells us what percentage of students take a gap year.
- Matt shares the reasons why students request to take a gap year.
- Matt shares how a student goes about requesting a gap year.
- Matt talks about the different ways Colorado College approves a gap year.
- Matt talks about how Colorado College emerged as a leader when it comes to providing gap years.
- Matt talks about how a student can find out the gap year policy for each college a student is looking at
- Matt talks about multi-year gap requests
- Matt talks about two more reasons why students request a gap year.
- Matt talks about the reasons why a school may reject a gap year request.
- Matt talks about what percentage of the time do they reject a gap year request.
- Matt talks about why Colorado College likes gap years?
- Matt answers the question, can a gap year request e ver help a student on the fence gain admittance to Colorado College
- Matt talks about what commitment a student is making to Colorado College when they accept a gap year.
- Matt talks about, what happens if a student decides during the gap year experience that they no longer want to come to Colorado College
- Matt talks about how he would handle it if a student started applying to other colleges after they approved a Gap Year
- Should a student reapply to the selective school they didn’t get in the next year, after taking a Gap year? Matt tells us when this can work.
- Matt gives his thoughts of a student who takes a gap year in high school
- Matt talks about Verto, a third-party provider of study abroad experiences and he tells us what he likes about Verto, and why CC is now a partner with Verto
- I ask Matt to give his feedback on two concerns that I frequently hear from parents about Gap Years.
- Matt shares what he learned about the college process by going through it as a parent this year.
