While many premedical students are eager to get started on their medical education, more students are taking a gap year before matriculating into medical school. The traditional pathway to becoming a ...

Is taking a gap year a smart move or a risky one?

When Luca Gwathmey ’28 first stepped foot on campus last year, 12 of the 18 members of his Bruno Leader group happened to be fellow gap-year students. “Off the bat, we had a shared maturity and life ...

Duke admissions officials say students who take a year off after high school are more mature and ready for the rigors of college In June 2021, Montana Lee graduated from high school completely ...

Fewer high school seniors enrolled in college this fall than a year ago. Part of that may be due to the "demographic cliff," meaning the population of potential college students is dropping, or the ...

Hridiza Roy ’25 (individualized program, computer science) made building a business in the entertainment industry part of her college education. Roy followed a summer internship at Disney Studios in ...

Since the pandemic upended students’ educational paths, more and more young people have opened their minds up to taking a gap year between high school and college. Taking time off felt natural for ...