Hi, my name is Kim Stodghill, and I am the founder of Stodghill College Consulting. Life handed us all enough lemons this past year to make giant pitchers of lemonade from now until the end of COVID. It’s taken a toll on our kids who are leaving high school either so burned out by the …
Coffee with Kim: Learn about Gap Years, COVID-19 & J2Guides Read More »
“How can you take a gap year during COVID-19?!” It’s the question we’ve been asked the most this year and it’s natural, of course, to wonder what kinds of experiences are available when our worlds have come to a standstill due to a global pandemic. It’s not a surprise to us that taking a gap …
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Jane Sarouhan was featured in “The Gap Year Is an Increasingly Attractive Option” by Ian Frisch on Feb 23, 2021 in Town & Country. “The isolation and lack of social engagement is driving people to consider a gap year,” says Jane Sarouhan, co-founder (with her husband Jason) of J2Guides, a gap year counseling company. “It’s …
You do not need to leave the country – or your home – to have a meaningful gap year. Long before Coronavirus, we have been defining the gap year as a period of time when an individual takes a deliberate pause from school or work to pursue interests, skills and personal growth. Note that this …
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We were featured in “Falling into the Gap Year” by Alyson Krueger on May 28, 2020 in The New York Times!
Penned by J2Guides co-founder Jason Sarouhan, this timely and eloquent piece was published by Boston-based TeenLife, “The Leading Directory for Teen Academic and Enrichment Opportunities”: College-bound students around the country are out of time and lack critical information to make a decision about their path forward this fall. Final admissions deadlines for most colleges loom …
Should You Take a Gap Year or Go to College in Fall 2020? Read More »
Jason was interviewed for a piece called “Coronavirus Pushes Some 2020 High School Seniors To Consider Gap Year” by Amy Morona on May 12, 2020 for Newsy. “For many students, the dream is to go have that first year on campus and have student life and Greek life and all the sports and all the …
J2Guides was featured in “Incoming College Students Could Take Gap Year Over Covid-19 Uncertainty” by Nancy Keates on May 5, 2020 in The Wall Street Journal!
Jason was interviewed for a piece called “A College Dream Deferred?” by Elizabeth Redden on May 4, 2020 for Inside Higher Ed. “I think many families are turning almost to desperation, ‘OK, we’ll take a gap year,’” said Jason Sarouhan, a gap year consultant. He said in a typical year, most students who wanted to …
J2Guides was consulted for an article titled “More students may take gap year in light of uncertainty caused by pandemic” by Rick Ruggles on May 3, 2020 for the Omaha World-Herald.