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November 11, 2010
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Are gap years a growing trend among Swatties?
Typically, students continuing in academia go straight from high school to college, and then (19.8% of the time if they’re a Swattie) to graduate school. However, some students choose a less traditional path and take a gap year, or a year off. Whether before, during, and/or after college, the time offers students an alternative to the conventional path of continuous schooling.
Reporting in a recent article on gap years, MSNBC said, “Experts say no one tracks the exact numbers of American stude…
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- Alums discuss minority education
- Complaints arise concerning writing requirement
- Student arrested in D.C. for MTR sit-in
- Meat Day to be held next Tuesday on Mertz Field
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Living & Arts
- Swat Style Snapshot
- From DiBruno's to pho, Italian market has it all
- Spending a sleepless night in the global capital
- Tradition and invention blend in recent concert
- Soulfège fuses diverse array of musical genres
- Caffeine addiction, stress spreads to dorm mice
- Editor's Picks
- Weekly Cartoon
Opinions
- Refine foreign language requirement for next year
- Obama, GOP need to collaborate on high-speed rail
- Honor vets, don’t malign military
- Never put deer cull or killing ‘to rest’
- Editorial Cartoon
Sports
- WBB looks to star seniors
- Swim teams off to fast start
- Garnet Athlete of the Week
- Defense the key to championships in the past decade
- Men’s soccer wins 2010 Centennial Championship
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