Gap Year planning site launched - targeted at U.S. students, their parents and advisers.

Oct. 31, 2007 - PRLog -- Planet Gap Year is a new web site designed to assist US students, their parents and advisers plan a productive 'gap year' before college, and provides information -insightful and timely news articles and commentary about the student gap year movement in America via a Blog and US Gap Year News feed. Additionally, Planet Gap Year provides a FREE searchable database of US and internationally based companies and organizations offering volunteer, community service, internships, expeditionary travel, language study and teaching, study abroad, cultural immersions, paid work and more!

Planet Gap Year's Founder, Paul Mahon, is an outspoken advocate of U.S students taking a year out before college to gain maturity, independence, and a broader world view. The skyrocketing cost of a college education in the U.S., combined with the fact that many 17-18 year olds are just not ready for college, has resulted in  more students deferring college entrance.  Increasingly, these motivated and industrious students work, volunteer, intern, study, learn a language, and that is just the tip of the iceberg.  The benefits of a productive and well-planned year out are being touted by many college admissions offices across the country, as the best method to prepare incoming freshman for success in college and career.

A former financial aid counselor at Colorado State University,  you can read more about him and the Co-Founder, on the site's About Us page.

Website: www.planetgapyear.com