Some pages and links have been tagged because they might be especially helpful to a certain type of reader:

• If you want to make a difference while attending high school, keep an eye out for information with the HS Hero tag.

• If you spend most of your time these days pursuing a degree, you might want to check out the items marked campus culture.

• If you are charting a non-traditional course -- anything from pursuing a gap year between high school and college, to volunteering internationally or locally for a few months, to designing your own study abroad program -- the free spirit resources should be right up your alley.

• If you're looking for an internship, job, or volunteer opportunity, items tagged seeker may be helpful.

• If you don't identify as a young adult but are interested in youth issues and organizations, the information marked young at heart might be useful to you.

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