| Gap year programs for college-bound students
About 2 percent of college-bound U.S. high school students choose to do a gap year after high school graduation, says Fred Kaelin, a Mattituck high school alum and executive director of USA Gap Year Fairs, which organizes nationwide fairs where a variety of programs exhibit; see the schedule at usagapyearfairs.com. "Some students will combine a couple of experiences for their year. They might do a semester with Outward Bound and then do a travel program," Kaelin says.
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