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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Many Northwestern students chose to take time off, rather than grapple with remote learning during the pandemic.

Gap year students reflect on time off

February 18, 2021

Katherine Tuohy was certain she’d never take a gap year. Tuohy said she was completely opposed to taking time off before college. The idea of arriving at Northwestern kept her hopeful as she finished...

Salem: Higher education can wait — take a gap year

May 2, 2016

Malia Obama is taking a gap year, and so should you. Tradition dictates that high school seniors should know, by the middle of their senior year, which college they will attend in the fall following...

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