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Multiple Locations +7
  • United States of America
    • New York
  • Kenya
    • Nairobi
  • China
    • Beijing
  • India
    • Delhi
  • Brazil
    • São Paulo
  • France
    • Paris
  • Turkey
    • Istanbul
Length
26 - 52 weeks
Program Tags
Adventure Travel Arts Conservation Cultural Immersion Hands-On Learning Instructor Internships Jobs Language Immersion Music Post-High School Teach Abroad Volunteer Abroad +3

Program Details

Activities
Backpacking Camping City Exploring Cycling Farming Hiking Safari Sightseeing Swimming Ziplining
Timeframe
Fall Spring Year Round
Housing
Hotel
Primary Language
English
Age Min.
17
Age Max
22

Pricing

Starting Price
94500
Price Details
For 2025–26, Baret Scholars program costs $94,500. The tuition is $64,500 and our fees are $30,000, which includes all flights and transportation, 7-days-a-week room (in hotels) + two meals a day throughout the program year. Merit Scholarships of $20,000, $30,000, and $40,000 are offered and we look forward to distributing it to our most deserving candidates.
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May 12, 2025
Jun 12, 2025
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About Program

Baret Scholars is an immersive global program for students seeking a meaningful gap year experience. Scholars travel to seven world regions over one academic year—New York & North America, São Paulo & South America, Paris & Europe, Istanbul & MENA, Nairobi & Africa, Delhi & South Asia, and Beijing & East Asia—engaging deeply with local cultures, global issues, and diverse perspectives.

In each region, students participate in structured programming with local experts, then pursue independent exploration through seminars, field experiences, language study, or personal projects. The journey includes thematic fellowships focused on areas like sustainability, the arts, and innovation. Our students travel with faculty and staff who help guide and shape their journey around the world.

Baret Scholars attracts a globally diverse cohort, with 100 students from over 40 countries in 2024. This is a gap year designed not as a break, but as a launchpad—for growth, reflection, and purpose.

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Fellowship in Italy
The 'Holi Festival' in Delhi, India
Cappadocia trails
Our students interact with regional leaders at our Morning Program
Immersive learning in Turkey
Fellowship in Palermo
In Buenos Aires
They visit private art collections

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Program Highlights

  • A Purpose Filled College Experience
  • Broader Career Opportunities
  • A New World of Friends and Worldwide Network
  • Seeing Home Through a New Lens
  • Advancement of Skills and Interests

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Mohamed
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Yes, I recommend this program

My Best Year Yet.

Jun 12, 2025

Hello there!

My name is Mohamed, I am from Morocco, and I am a Baret Scholars alumnus now!

If you’re reading this today, it’s because I can’t get over this truly memorable, unique, and different experience that my friends and I have lived moment by moment: it was the best thing that has ever happened to me - zero exaggeration, and here’s why:

(Also, I chose to write voluntarily because of the amount of gratitude I hold for this program.)

After I got in last year, I was full of uncertainty, as it was newly started. However, the idea of being part of the beginning of something as interesting, ambitious, and life-changing as Baret encouraged me and 100 amazing scholars from more than 40 countries that later on became my best friends to embark on this journey, and based on a poll we had in our graduation, about 98% of the cohort affirmed this journey impacted and changed them! Plus, who wouldn’t want to travel the world?! I went to 11 countries in 9 months, stayed in 4-5-star hotels, ate authentic food in its original place, visited 3 world wonders, I even got an upgrade on my flight back home. How crazy is that!!!

From the very second I stepped into Boston’s airport to my final departure for Casablanca, I can confidently state that every day I lived in Baret was a day I was excited, joyed, and proud to have spent.

I followed on with my passion for AI and founded my very own startup thanks to starting things (an afternoon class with our founder Chris Whittle teaching us how to successfully create a business). Additionally, I have practiced written and spoken journalism by writing a series of essays about the places I’ve been, creating a blog where I rated the dozen airlines I flew with, and making personal content…

At this point, I don’t even think my experience in college will be any better than this one. Ha-ha! In this year, I’ve hosted webinars, written articles, spoken to applicants not promoting the program, rather speaking truth and encouraging people like yourselves to apply, because it only takes that one click! Don’t hesitate to literally just do it.

If you want to learn more, check out this article that I posted here: https://borderless.so/stories/from-casablanca-to-the-world-my-journey-traveling-7-regions-of-the-globe-with-baret-scholars?utm_source=borderless&utm_medium=share

GOOD LUCK! YOU GOT THIS, I AM ROOTING FOR YOU!!!!

What was the most unfamiliar thing you ate?
Biking around the streets of Shenzhen at around 2 A. M, I noticed a set of food stands by a bridge above a river. This place was crowded with people, so I decided to check it out, and to my biggest surprise, they were selling insect barbecue LOLLL! So, with the little mandarin I learned through my Chinese class at Baret, I asked for two skewers, one of spiders and one of grasshoppers, and gosh, it was good!
Pros
  • Deep Sense of Community - A Baret Family
  • Learning Many Things in Different Themes via Hands-On Experiences (Morning & Afternoon Options + Fellowships)
  • Your Best Year Yet ;)
Cons
  • (Sometimes) Logistical Issues
  • You Cannot Clone To Experience Everything :(
  • Hard Time Moving On
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About Baret Scholars

Baret Scholars is inspired by the accomplishments of Jeanne Baret, who was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe in 1766. Our mission is to become the world’s premier gap year organization by offering the most compelling, multi-disciplinary, and global experience for top-performing high school graduates from around the world who want to enter...

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