TRANSITION
A traditional year after graduating from high school gives you, well, a traditional experience. But we think your college education will be exponentially more rewarding if you spend a year with GCY first.
After GCY, you will enter college with:
- A global perspective
- Proficiency in a new language
- Tools to understand complex global issues
- Skills as a leader and entrepreneur
- Access to a network of emerging leaders from across the US, and around the world
- A clearer focus on what you want to do next.
Beyond this, as you move through college and into your career, you will have the GCY network to help connect you to opportunities for internships, jobs, mentorship and much more.
YOUR QUESTIONS
How will I hit the ground running in college?
How could you not?! After GCY, you will arrive on campus empowered with an understanding and perspective on the world that is well beyond many of your peers. You will have developed your passion. greater self-awareness, and entrepreneurial savvy that will set you apart in college and beyond.
How will my college experience be different?
Your GCY experience will prepare you to take your college education into your own hands. With support from GCY, you will be prepared to:
- Create new majors
- Lead campaigns
- Inspire others to action
- Intern across sectors and countries
- Find mentors on campus
- Create your own unique path – fueled by passion and purpose
ASK YOUR QUESTIONS
If you believe, as I do, that young Americans need to become good citizens of the world, then you will hope, as I do, that this idea of a Global Citizen Year soon captures the imagination of the rising generation."
Harris Wofford
Former US Senator
Former CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service