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What top universities say about gap years..
Gap years have already become a well-known culture in Europe, Australia, and the United States. It is said that educational institutions are also greatly encouraging it.
This time, we will introduce what officials from so-called top universities such as Princeton and MIT said about gap years.
Hopefully, gap years will be an opportunity for students to come to school with maturity and purpose…
Gap years will change the structure of college life.
-Sandra Bermann, Chair of the Princeton Literature Department
Many college admissions officers support this idea [delaying college enrollment by a year or two]…
Students who take this time come back with a stronger sense of self and self-awareness. No one regrets taking a gap year. But many regret not taking one.“If you overthink it, you can create problems that never existed in the first place.”
– Matt McGann, MIT admissions officer
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