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With more students than ever studying abroad at some point in their college career, now more than ever college applicants must consider a college’s study abroad opportunities – or lack thereof – when deciding where to apply.
I’ve always been a strong advocate of doing the research necessary even before applying to college to find out what limitations a college or university places on students studying abroad.
With so many other important factors to consider when applying to college – everything from major options to student life – many guidance counselors and college admissions consultants have opted to ignore study abroad options, mainly because doing so opens up a Pandora’s box worth of new information to consider.
Yet, the dirty little secret of many colleges and universities is that their study abroad options are often completely out of sync from their overall reputations.
While during campus tours a tour guide will glowingly state how 20% of students study abroad, this same tour guide may be withholding information about how most of these students wanted to go to Europe, but had to settle for Australia instead because of strict language requirements.
The tour guide may also gloss over the fact that only a small number of affiliated programs are available for the same tuition as a student would normally pay if he or she stayed on campus.
A good number of universities go so far as to strictly prohibit students from transferring credit back from certain foreign universities and countries.
If your dream is to study abroad, make sure do whatever it takes to get the necessary information to make an informed decision about the real study abroad options at each college on your final list before you sign on the dotted line.
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