Is this limited to only NYU students, or could I go during my gap year next year?

Thanks for your interest in NYU Study Abroad! NYU Florence is open to both NYU and visiting students, but we require that students have completed their freshman year of study in college before studying abroad. This means that the earliest most students can submit an application is the spring semester of their freshman year, in order to study abroad the fall of their sophomore year. For more information please visit nyu.edu/studyabroad.