An extraordinary alternative year of college designed to assist a student in making a powerful and graceful transition from home to independence, high school to college, and adolescence into adulthood, which offers:
~Ten weeks of group travel to the Indian subcontinent or Latin America;
~Four intensive residential retreats focused on life-path visioning, development of a high level of emotional literacy, and rites of passage into adulthood;
~A three-month, solo internship, anywhere in the world, chosen from our database of over 6000 opportunities;
~A fully accredited, integrative, experiential curriculum leading to a full year of academic credit.
~Access to Federal and private financial aid
~A full year of post-LEAPYEAR internship placements
Runs from January - August or September - May.
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Verge believes in travel for change. International experience creates global citizens, who can change our planet for the better. This belief is at the core of everything we do.