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[quote=Anonymous]DS was always planning a gap year. We said give us plan -- divided into generally 3 buckets and here is your budget: do something larger than yourself, travel, scholarship applications/work. (originally bucket 3rd was apply to schools, but he was accepted and deferred to one of his top schools, he applied to 3 schools his senior year and shared his gap year plans at a high level on his application). He volunteered at the border, tutored through Catholic Charities/VA student achievement program, taking EMT classes, traveled (2 trips overseas, 2 domestically), picked up job at gym, working through a reading list he found on either State dept or CIA website -- as his interest is international affairs. Bottom line....you do not need to spend 10's and thousands of dollars. It has been interesting to watch him mature. All the things that "magically got done" -- he is learning how to do - weekly grocery shopping, getting car serviced, etc...[/quote]
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