During my gap year, I had the privilege of working for an AmeriCorps organization called City Year. It is a one-year commitment to 1,700 hours of mentoring and tutoring inner-city kids. I was placed at South High School in a 9th-grade math classroom in Columbus, Ohio. It is difficult to describe entirely how this year […]
Consider a Gap Year
When I started college, for about a minute I had considered being pre-med. I mean, nearly 1/3 of our school intended to pursue medicine and our school was a powerhouse research institution. I will admit, considering the idea of taking a gap year (or two, or five) was the equivalent of not being serious about medical […]