VIrtual gap year
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ABOUT
This is a template for a Virtual GAP YEAR program for CoPLAY (former PAWS Campus.)
An inspiring journey into academic college life, holistic well-being, and finding meaning through virtual internship and service experiences.
About the Virtual Gap Program
The Virtual Gap Program at the CoPLAY CAMPUS is an innovative and exploratory experience for high school graduates who are looking for a transformative, cohort-based learning adventure before they officially start college.
We’ll Help You Find Your Way Forward
It's OK to not know what you want to do after high school.
Graduating high school is a major milestone, but it can also be a stressful time if you're not sure what to do next. We're here to help. The CoPLAY Gap Experience was designed to help you consider what’s important to you, what provides you meaning, what inspires you, and what you can bring to others and the world.
Change Yourself. Change the World.
We created the Virtual Gap Program to help students find their way forward into a rich and meaningful life.
During the program you’ll make the key connections—intellectual, interpersonal, and professional—that will provide a solid foundation for your future success. With expert mentoring and hands-on learning, you will emerge from the gap program with direction, purpose, a stronger sense of self, and with some valuable experience to put on your resume.
1. Your Mind, Body, Spirit Self
HOLISTIC WELL-BEING: Discover how to connect with yourself on a deeper level and learn the habits that lead to a happy, fulfilled life. Over the full 15 weeks of each semester, you’ll explore the science of wellness and the art of self-care. Guided by CoPLAY's
Well-being and Success Coach—our wellness module will teach you how to handle stress and anxiety using techniques based in proven scholarly research so you can flourish and thrive in all aspects of your life.
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Your Intellectual Self
ACADEMIC DISCOVERY: Experience the difference of college-level academic thinking. Expose yourself to big ideas and learn to think in bold new ways. Quick hit, engaging interactive learning sessions will open up your world. Our leading experts get real on Big Idea topics like Having Impact in the World, Machine Learning, Design Thinking, Relationships and Love, Identity (Gender, Race, Class, etc), and many more. Through guided discussions and self-reflection, you’ll develop informed perspectives on issues that matter.
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Your Professional Self
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Align your interests and strengths with potential career paths, get practical, hands-on experience, and start developing your professional profile. Guided by CoPLAY Mentors and Centers of Experience, you’ll take on an internship, service learning project, or volunteer experience. You’ll collaborate with fellow students and industry insiders on work you will be proud to call out on your resume and LinkedIn profile. (We’ll help you with those, too!)
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Program Options & Costs
Choose from two levels of participation:
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Level 1: Virtual Gap Program (3-credits): $5,000
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Level 2: Level 1 + one 3-credit course: $6,800 (financial aid eligible*)
College Credits
Level 1: 3-credits
Level 2: 6-credits
*To be eligible for financial aid, participants must be admitted into a BSU degree program and meet the requirements for federal financial aid.
Eligibility
Program is open to students who have, or will have, recently graduated high school. We encourage all students who are postponing attending college to apply.
Format
Virtual with live sessions, self-paced lessons, and virtual hands-on experiences. We will provide travel and on-site internships and service-learning opportunities as soon as it is safe to do so.
Start Dates
Spring Semester: Week of
Fall Semester: Week of
The curriculum for the Fall and Spring semesters is unique, and does not require students to take one before the other. No matter if you're a new or continuing student the information in each semester will support your continued growth.
Duration
Each semester is 15-weeks
College? Gap year? It shouldn’t have to be either/or.
The CoPLAY Virtual Gap Program is an interesting model…
Developed by many college’s faculty members and administrators,
the program will offer up to six academic credits, an online lecture series with ‘big thinkers,’ and a supervised virtual internship.
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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH DURING YOUR GAP EXPERIENCE?
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Get a headstart on preparing for college
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Be more knowledgeable and prepared than your peers when you arrive
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Learn how to bounce back, gain control over your thoughts, and develop resilience
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Discover how you learn best
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Discover what inspires you, excites you, and makes you feel good about yourself
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Connect with like-minded people
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Connect with careers and industries you’re interested in
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Learn time management skills so you can balance your classwork, jobs/internships, and social experiences once on campus
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Learn how to advocate for yourself and find the resources you need
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Get answers from experts who have “seen it all” and can help you as you enter this next big step in your life
If you checked off one or more, APPLY NOW!