The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/gap-year/)
Taking time off from Cornell allowed me to start defining myself as a person, not just as a student. Without the persistent pressure of exams, papers and club obligations, I discovered the space to question who I am when classes end and life begins.
After gap semesters and gap years, hundreds of undergraduates — including 120 first-years — have returned to Ithaca and are readaptingto in-person classes
Students who chose to spend the fall semester at home have returned to a very different campus than they saw a year ago.
Students take creative gap years and semester abroad to make the most of the unique college experience COVID has created.