Unless you have an in at a publishing firm I think it’s very unlikely that she would be able to intern during a gap year. My D22 is interested in publishing and applied for an advertised internship after high school. I do know someone who is in a leadership position at the publisher she applied to but when my D22 contacted the person who was doing the hiring for internships and mentioned that she got the hiring person’s name from Kathy she was still told they only hire college students.
So unless you have that gap year internship thing sewn up already I think a publishing internship is unlikely. Plus they start hiring interns in Jan/Feb. Pretty late to apply now.
She could do something else with a gap year though.
She is still on some waitlists so you never know but I know you’ve got to plan with where she has acceptances right now. And she’s got some good ones. I think Rochester could be good. Sorry to hear about UVM but I understand the trepidation.
If she’s not satisfied with the acceptances that she has I think a gap year could be good. I’m sure she could get a job in a book store if she’d be happy with that. I have many friends who are professors and they say the kids who come in after a gap year are usually much more focused and successful. But if that sounds disappointing to her try to get excited about some of the acceptances she has. Are there any Admitted Students days you could go to?