Location
  • United States of America
    • New York
Length
12 - 26 weeks
Program Tags
Adventure Travel Arts Cultural Immersion Hands-On Learning Internships Post-High School Social Justice

Program Details

Activities
Canoeing City Exploring Cycling
Timeframe
Academic Year Fall Spring
Housing
Apartment Hotel
Primary Language
English
Age Min.
18

Pricing

Starting Price
16000
Price Details
Spring 2025 semester $16,000
Does not include room or board

Financial aid available
Grants/Scholarships, Payment Terms
What's Included
Activities Some Meals
What's Not Included
Accommodation Some Accommodation Airfare Domestic Airfare Airport Transfers Some Meals Transportation Travel Insurance Visa Wifi
Jan 15, 2025
Aug 28, 2024
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About Program

CityGAP is a city-based experiential program for participants age 18-25 who want to connect with the world, explore their passions, master life skills, & make an impact with a supportive group of peers.

Engage with New York as a classroom, laboratory, and community as we wrestle with the current challenges facing the city and create original group & individual projects in a variety of media.

CityGAP serves people from around the world seeking a meaningful, creative, and collaborative experience in NYC. Our ideal participant is a person who wants to do hands-on work with peers, mentors and expert partners on relevant challenges in the city. We partner with city officials, artists, policymakers, journalists, performers, activists and entrepreneurs. 

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Program Highlights

  • Field-based and experiential
  • Deep exploration of New York City's architecture, planning, history, culture and politics
  • Collaboration with expert partners
  • Group and individual project work
  • Mastering life skills, personal independence and navigating the City

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Program Reviews

5.00 Rating
based on 9 reviews
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  • Housing 4.55
  • Support 4.8
  • Fun 4.45
  • Value 4.9
  • Safety 4.8
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Ayushi
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

The best gap year program

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57 people found this review helpful.
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Charlie
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

the best review

Participating in the Living City Project gave me so much insight into the nature of New York City and what makes it unique. Through my experience in the program, I got to meet with the large network of partners that Tanya and Andy provided and had the opportunity to spend especially lots of time collaborating on projects with NYC's District of City Planning and a Brooklyn neighborhood's community board. Throughout these experiences, I developed strong teamwork skills that will serve me well in the future. I also secured a film internship that introduced me to the world of documentary filmmaking, something I would never have been introduced to otherwise. These experiences allowed me to build a strong resume and gain firsthand exposure in the workforce, before starting college. Not to mention living in Midtown Manhattan also provided the perfect base to thoroughly explore (almost) every borough of the city.

What was the most nerve-racking moment and how did you overcome it?
a stranger and his friends tried to do an elephant walk with me at night in an alleyway in Hell's Kitchen and I overcame it by walking away and I never saw those people again.
50 people found this review helpful.
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Lauren
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Wonderful experience for our child’s gap year!

Fantastic experience for our daughter! She learned and matured so much in the 3 months of the program. She learned not about NYC but also about herself. CITY GAP taught her more in 3 months than she learned in her first year of college! The program really teaches students about the real NYC and about issues affecting the city and its residents. They learned about the workings of the city and brainstormed practical solutions. Our daughter met so many people and developed a unique and well-thought out independent project as well as collaborated on a comprehensive group project. Also, it was obvious that Andy, Tanya and Zoe cared about the students and worked hard to make their experience memorable and enriching. We highly recommend the Living City Project!

Pros
  • Gained independence
  • Collaborative skills
  • In depth knowledge of the city and important issues
Cons
  • Housing- great location - small room for 2 people
100 people found this review helpful.
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Evan
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Great experience for anyone interested in place-based, experiential learning in a city!

CityGAP is an incredibly unique experience— I am yet to hear of any gap programs that immerse students in experiential, place-based learning in NYC the way the Living City Project does. This program empowered me to explore the passions I already had, and find new interests to fall in love with. Andy and Tanya dedicate their time and energy to their students with more care than any educator I’ve known; their knowledge and enthusiasm is seemingly boundless. Their connections to individual partners as well as organizations enabled us to meet with a wide variety of committed experts who were not only engaged, but excited to be working with us. CityGAP is an excellent program for anyone who is enthusiastic about urban geography, architecture, American history, city planning and design, building equitable communities, learning to navigate a city independently, making friends, eating good food, and exploring new places.

108 people found this review helpful.
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Andrea
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Incredible Experience!

When our son enrolled in the program, we hoped for an exciting immersive experience living in New York City. The website has an excellent explanation of what The Living City project is about. What I’d like to add to that, is that Andy and Tanya are not only incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about their work, their level of support, guidance, kindness and encouragement makes this program exceptional. Along with learning about points of interest and engaging in fun activities, their program truly fostered things like critical thinking, problem solving, and the individual within the city systems. I was blown away by the level of the group and individual projects, and impressed with the range of professional community partners. As a result of this program, my son has a new sense of confidence, independence, and love for the city. This was a life changing experience for us in the best way!

94 people found this review helpful.
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Sophie
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

CityGAP Staff Review

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116 people found this review helpful.
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Leila
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Fascinating and unique program that taught me how to better understand human issues and topics

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156 people found this review helpful.
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Clara
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

A truly outstanding program!

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139 people found this review helpful.

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