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Month: August 2019

Olivia – High, Formless Expectations

August 20, 2019October 31, 2019 Admin Gap Year

I am going into this with high, formless expectations. The place I am visiting, Bali, Indonesia, has a reputation for being a “spiritual place.” As a fan of meditation and proponent of New Age thought, I am curious to explore how these cross cultural values are expressed in this area vs. the Western environment. The […]

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Rollie – Iguazu Falls

August 20, 2019October 31, 2019 Admin Gap Year

My alarm went off at 3:30 A.M., and I hated my phone as I walked groggily across the hotel room to shut it off. We were picked up in the lobby a few minutes later for the airport, and as I was waiting in the terminal, I asked myself, “what in the world could be […]

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Zak – Preparing to Gap

August 15, 2019October 31, 2019 Admin Gap Year

Hello present and future Blue Devils. Welcome to my first ever blog post for the Duke Gap year program! In today’s addition I will be discussing how and why I chose to take a gap year. For me, taking a gap year was a fairly easy decision. After four grueling years of high school I […]

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Makee – Leaving Home in 30 Days

August 12, 2019October 31, 2019 Admin Gap Year

I will be leaving home in 30 days. I will be out of the country, away from family, friends, and everything familiar, for approximately 261 days after that. Here is the bad news: for the next 30 days I have to watch all my friends leave town and go to college (and admittedly, I will […]

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Cate – About My Gap Year

August 10, 2019October 31, 2019 Admin Gap Year

Hi! My name is Cate and this year I will be taking a gap year before pursuing my college education at Duke University in Fall 2020. By taking this gap year, I will get the opportunity to explore my interests, recharge from the stress of high school, and gain new skills that will be useful […]

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Skijler – T-Minus One Month

August 8, 2019October 31, 2019 Admin Gap Year

I’m one month out from my departure — a one-way ticket to Paris. I’ve never been to France, yet here I go alone with nothing but a backpack and camera. I’ve arranged to stay in a hostel in the Montmartre neighborhood for three nights. I had to call the hostel and ask how to book […]

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Mackenzie – Six Weeks

August 5, 2019October 31, 2019 Admin Gap Year

Six weeks. To students who are on summer break and are dreading their return to the academic grind, a month and a half passes by in the blink of an eye. However, to individuals anxiously awaiting news from their dream job or college, a month and a half can feel like a century. For the […]

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