How to plan a Gap year• Introduction by

– Mari-José Weijerman &– Heleen Pelle

– Consultants of Bureau Buitenland• tailor-made gap year consultancy

Preparing yourself for life after high school

• Making the right choice

– One of the most important choices of your life

– Not just for the next 4/5 years, but also for your future job

No clear thoughts about what to study

Consider taking a GAP year if….

• you are or feel too young to go to university immediately after high school

• you want to have a ‘plan B’ in case you are not accepted into the university or college you have apllied to

Possibilities Abroad• Study, volunteer

work in an international setting

• Cultural experiences (music, art, sports, etc)

• Travel

Study abroad• Highschool year

• Foundation year

• College / University

• Hospitality College

• Design-academy

• Film-academy

Learning a language abroad

• Spanish in Spain, or South America

• Italian in Italy• French in France,

Switzerland• German in Germany,

Switzerland, Austria• Russian in Russia• Chinese in China

Volunteer abroad• Teaching English in

(Guatemala, Indonesia)

• Working in an orphanage (India, Nepal)

• Guarding eggs of sea turtles in Costa Rica

Work abroad• Au-pair (England,

France, USA, etc.)• Work in a holiday

resort (entertainment team)

• Fruit Picking (grapes, kiwi’s)

Improve some of your skills

• Sports scholarship in the US (hockey, basketbal, tennis, golf)

• Music

• Art/Design

What do you get in return?

• Expand your horizon

• Personal development

• Fill in gaps in knowledge, or spice up your cv in order to enroll in the college or university of your choice

• International (friends) network

Bureau Buitenlandwww.bureaubuitenland.nl

• Tailor-made advice– not tied to set

programmes– everything is possible– for every budget

• contact: info@bureaubuitenland.nl