Location
Multiple Locations +13
  • Italy
    • Venice
  • Thailand
    • Bangkok
  • Costa Rica
    • Monteverde
  • United States of America
    • Boston
  • Cambodia
    • Phnom Penh
  • India
    • Pune
  • Panama
    • Panama City
  • Czech Republic
    • Prague
  • Croatia
  • Germany
  • Guatemala
  • Rwanda
  • South Africa
Length
26 - 52 weeks

Program Details

Activities
City Exploring Remote Exploring Scuba Diving
Timeframe
Academic Year Fall Spring Summer Winter
Housing
Ashram Host Family Hostel Hotel Tent
Primary Language
English
Age Min.
18
Age Max
22

Pricing

Starting Price
55000
Price Details
Winterline Global Skills 9 month gap year program is all and inclusive and costs about $55,000. The combined fees for each program include: ALL of your skills training and program fees, curricular material, international and in-country travel, food, lodging and related expenses during the program.

Your only expenses will be: personal expenses (during free days when you are on your own, or expenses of a personal nature), travel related immunizations, passport and visa fees, and flights during breaks. All other program related expenses are covered!

Scholarships and college credit are available.
What's Included
Accommodation Activities Airfare Domestic Airfare Airport Transfers Equipment Meals Park Fees SIM cards Tour Guide Transportation Travel Insurance Visa Wifi
Oct 22, 2019
Nov 09, 2018
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About Program

Are you prepared for life? Are you not sure what you want to do after high school? It's hard to know without experience! On a Winterline Gap Year you’ll travel the world for 9 months, visiting 10 countries where you’ll learn over 100 new real-world skills. Skills that will prepare you for life, college, and career. You'll get to try your hand at defensive driving, learn the art of digital-storytelling, earn your SCUBA certification, and so much more.

You’ll get to try new things, meet amazing people, see beautiful sights. You’ll be challenged, you’ll get sweaty, you’ll work hard. And at the end of your journey, your most important discoveries may be about yourself.

Are you ready to travel? Gain practical life skills that you didn't get in high school and won't get in college? Develop friendships that will last a lifetime? Then you're the one that we want! Join us!

9-months, 10 countries, 100 skills.

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Program Highlights

  • Head to a new place every week
  • Learn hundreds of new skills
  • Travel the world with your best friends
  • Earn college credit while you travel

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Program Reviews

4.93 Rating
based on 15 reviews
  • 5 rating 93.33%
  • 4 rating 6.67%
  • 3 rating 0%
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  • Housing 4.6
  • Support 4.8
  • Fun 5
  • Value 4.95
  • Safety 4.95
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Elaine
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

My Winterline Gap Year

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216 people found this review helpful.
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Savannah
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

My Gap Year with Winterline

This experience gave me the oppoiurtunity to test my limits not only as a young person, but as an amputee. I would never have tried some of the things I’ve done; I would have been too scared. Which also means I would have never known my true capabilities. I wouldn’t have gained this new found confidence in myself. This program is truly for everyone who has the interest in travel. It’s something that I gained so much from and wouldn’t change for the world.

What would you improve about this program?
Communication is key, and the ability to communicate lacked sometimes on both sides. The most important thing is that you are always vocal.
208 people found this review helpful.
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Alice
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

It was amazing

This was such an amazing program and will forever be one of the best years of my life. I am so grateful to have gone on this adventure and if you’re wondering what program to do for a gap year, winterline is by far the best option. The friends and memories I’ve made mean so much and I’m so lucky to have Beene with people who let me grow and let themselves grow. We all came back a little different and a little stronger. Winterline fostered such a strong community and I’ve never had a group of friends who know me as well as the my cohort.

213 people found this review helpful.
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Alexandra
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

A Whole New World.

Going on this program nearly changed my life. I grew up traveling with my family and thought that I was going into this program already quite cultured; little did I know I knew NOTHING. This program taught me how to be a global citizen, how to communicate and be patient with other, but most importantly, it taught me the importance of humanity. Winterline helped me explore new hobbies, learn new languages, and explore places I never dreamed of exploring. There are a million reasons why this program impacted my life, between the people I’ve met and places I’ve roamed, but I think what stands out the most is the support I got from total strangers. The people on my trip (including my field advisors) ended up becoming a whole new family for me. I will never forget biking 25 miles through the major temples of Cambodia or jumping waterfalls in the middle of the belizian juggles. The memories are endless and I have nothing but appreciation and love when looking back on this expierence. Saying I missed Winterline would be a complete understatement.

What would you improve about this program?
The only advice I have on improvements would be more chances to be independent.
198 people found this review helpful.
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Anna
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

If you have the opportunity to go on Winterline, you owe it to yourself. Do it!

My gap year with Winterline was the best year of my life. I made incredible lifelong connections, saw incredible places in the world, and I went on an introspective journey and learned much more about who I am and what I want out of life. It was also a really challenging year, but because of the challenges I faced, it was more rewarding. If you have the opportunity to go on Winterline, you owe it to yourself. It is the best decision I've made in my life!

What would you improve about this program?
Sometimes rooms were a little packed, which resulted in not feeling like I had a lot of personal space. I've spoken with the program and they're making housing more of a priority in the future!
214 people found this review helpful.
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Daniela
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Take a year "on" not "off"

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204 people found this review helpful.
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Ana Paulina
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Best decision I've made

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195 people found this review helpful.
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Oliver
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Just Do It

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198 people found this review helpful.

Questions & Answers

Thanks for your question, Zeeshan. Our 9-month program is $55,000 USD. Unlike most gap year programs, our prices are all-inclusive, so the cost covers tuition, food and housing, and travel during the program. We also have merit-based financial aid as well as a number of work study scholarships available on our website, just click the "Visit Site" button to learn more.

August! But our semester programs run in both the Fall and Spring. Our summer programs run from June to August.