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Students who take a gap year before college earn higher grades than those who do not.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that students who take a gap year before college earn higher grades than those who do not?

Unclear. The retrieved items only partially touch the claim: one commentary proposes a gap year as potentially beneficial for student mental health, and a community-college study notes the gap year is recognized as beneficial to learners, but neither measures college grades. A longitudinal study of an Irish quasi-gap year found socioemotional gains, not academic ones.

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Would a "Gap Year" Help Reduce Mental Illness among College Students?
2021
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William, B. (2021). Would a "Gap Year" Help Reduce Mental Illness among College Students?. eric.ed.gov. https://doi.org/10.1080/00228958.2021.1935177

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Democratizing the Gap Year Option at the Community College Level: How a Structured Approach to the Gap Year Impacts Student Perceptions
2024
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Hammitt, H. M. (2024). Democratizing the Gap Year Option at the Community College Level: How a Structured Approach to the Gap Year Impacts Student Perceptions. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED661847

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