Typically students take a gap year after graduating from high school and before attending college.
													
																	Gap year options for college students. 
									
	
		
	
																	How a gap year prepares students for college. 
																	Why take a. 
																	The purpose is to allow students both a break from the often intense academic pressure leading up to college and an in. 
																	Though a gap year of this nature is certainly not what most students had in mind when they began their college applications last summer there are a myriad of ways for students to make the most of. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	An increasingly popular option it provides time for traveling volunteering learning a new language or experiencing any number of other activities for personal growth. 
																	For starters a gap year requires planning and in many cases approval.