The so-called “gap year” saw a steep rise in popularity in the 1980s. As matriculation from high school to college became more and more expected for the population at large, many students found the...
Should I Take a Gap Year?
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Should I Buy or Rent My College Textbooks?
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Will My Social Media Posts Keep Me Out of College?
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