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  <title><![CDATA[Is your Student Thinking of Taking a Gap Year? What is a Bridge Year?]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Fact: 60 percent of matriculating first year medical students take at least one or more years away from college prior to starting medical school.&nbsp;Often students need to strengthen their application or do something amazing like a fellowship abroad or gain real life experiences, such as teaching in an underserved community. Time after college can strengthen applications for law school or graduate school as well.</p>

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<p>The Pre-Graduate and Pre-Professional (PGPP) advising team (Pre-Teaching, Pre-Law, Pre-Health, Pre-Graduate and Prestigious Fellowships) will be hosting a workshop on The Bridge Year. PGPP prefers the term &ldquo;Bridge Year&rdquo; as it is important to highlight that students will be building a bridge from their undergraduate career to their professional or graduate program. Explore with your Yellow Jacket what their timeline looks like and how well rounded their application may be. Would a bridge year provide the opportunity to strengthen their application?</p>

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<p>Encourage them to attend our workshop on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, from 11 a.m. - noon in the Bill Moore Student Success Center.</p>
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