Gap Year Students

The Semester at Sea study-abroad experience is now available to gap year students (starting with the Fall 2010 voyage). Get a taste for the entire world as you explore 8-12 international ports and communities, attend classes on global topics with students from around the country, take part in service projects and cross-cultural opportunities in port, and head back to college with a defined sense of the world.

Application requirements for students with deferred admission to a degree-granting program at an accredited college or university:

• Provide proof of admission at an accredited college/university.
• Provide proof of exceptional performance at the high-school level, including as many of the following as possible:

• SAT or ACT score report

• AP test score reports

• Teacher recommendation(s)

• Graded academic writing sample

• Good academic and judicial standing

• Submit a 300-500 word essay that responds to one of these two questions:

• How will SAS create or enhance your personal global perspective?

• What are your academic goals, and how will SAS help you to achieve them?

• Submit a statement of academic purpose to address a compelling academic rationale for participating in SAS as a gap year student, specifically:

• Why will the coursework credit gained on Semester at Sea will be instrumental to your academic goals?

• Why do you want to participate in a Semester at Sea voyage at this time in your academic career?