gap year students
Pre-college travelers abroad
Gap year students are those who take a year off between high school and college—or sometimes during college—typically to travel, work, or volunteer.
The practice is more established in British and Australian culture than American: Gap year students flood European hostels every summer.
The term can carry a whiff of privilege, suggesting families who can afford a year without income or tuition progress.
- backpackingSelf-supported wilderness travel
- travelMovement between locations
- hostelShared traveler lodging
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- wanderlustCraving for distant places
volunteering · Australia · Thailand · Southeast Asia · deferred · passport · freedom · finding yourself · exploration · sabbatical · teaching · abroad · working · holiday · visa · youth · journey · discovery
- young adultsyoung adults, twenty-somethings, twentysomethings, young people, young professionals
- College Applicantsadmits, reapplicants
- nonearnersunemployed, retirees, pensioners, homemakers, housewives