Gap Year Education Programs
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Providing gap year programs to 5 continents and 19 countries around the world. Your journey awaits.
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The CDE Journey
Passion-inspired living.
Extending to 5 continents and 19 countries, Carpe Diem Education offers expertly designed gap year programs for students ages 17-22. Our programs challenge perspectives, embolden critical thinking, and inspire a greater sense of self through enhanced global perspectives. Balancing hard work with fun-filled adventure; finding laughter in the midst of serious inquiry; we discover the depths of our humanity together.
We believe that students learn best when fully immersed and engaged in local communities, languages, and cultures. Our small student groups travel off the beaten path to provide authentic cultural exchange, meaningful challenge, and transformative experience.
Reflections Across the World
Follow us on our journey.
Join us as we explore the world and ourselves. Our student-written blog is a window into the Carpe Diem Education experience. Blogs are typically written once a week while on semester. Every student has the chance to blog which allows for variety of experiences, interpretations and personalities. The personalities in the group come to the fore and paint a multi-faceted picture of what happens when a group of young adults starts to find its own character and flow. So jump in and see what’s beyond the horizon during a Carpe Diem Education gap year program.
“What surprised me the most? I think how much I had changed. I was expecting to learn and grow, but I never imagined to what extent. I feel like my whole world changed after India, like I finally had all the power in my hands to make my life what I had always dreamed it would be. I guess part of me always thought that what I really wanted in life wasn’t possible, that it was too far from the norm. After my trip in India, I felt like I could actually work toward my goals and dreams and that it would actually be possible.”
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- Emily, India Latitudes Year ‘18-‘19.
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Applications for Fall 2019 group semesters and Latitudes Year are open! Limited space remains. Link in bio.
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"Three minutes can only share the smallest sliver of insight into the depth of what I experienced during my 3 months traveling through Morocco and Spain with Carpe Diem Education. It doesn’t show the awe of being treated like family in homestays where we couldn’t even speak the same language, or the tears in my eyes as I watched the sun setting from a mountain village, feeling for certain as though I was in a dream and not this breathtaking reality. It doesn’t show the laughter shared with friends I made, from the Rayah team to locals to fellow travelers at hostels and volunteer placements. It doesn’t show the 35 lb bag I hauled around for 3 months, or the weight of all the goodbyes we had to carry along the way. It doesn’t show the hard days where all I wanted to do was be home, or the realizations that came out of those challenges. I learned so much more than I thought possible during these three months, and I know the people I met, the obstacles I overcame, and the things I experienced will forever be accredited to helping shape me into the person I want to become. Live authentically, and never stop pushing yourself to grow and learn everyday."
- Emily Bates, Spain & Morocco '18 Alum
Carpe Diem Education MOROCCO & SPAIN Rayah 2018
Three minutes can only share the smallest sliver of insight into the depth of what I experienced during my 3 months traveling through Morocco and Spain with ...1 day ago ·
#fbf to hanging out with Menzie the wallaby (a.k.a. the resident “house dog”) at Sheoak Ridge Nature Reserve in the rainforests of northeast Australia. We miss you, Menzie!
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Still a couple spots left on the Fall 2019 Environmental Conservation and Leadership program in the South Pacific. Apply now to reserve your spot!
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