Will Restrictions on International Students Result in US Students Being Denied Study Abroad?

[Anonymous]

My rising senior has about 8 UK schools on his list. The thought has crossed my mind (will he get in and then not be able to attend, will coming home be a clusterf*&^ each break, will airfare fluctuate wildly due to tourism issues etc.).

Without getting political, it sucks. We'll see what happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A semester or year abroad academic exchange program is very different from matriculation as a student in a foreign country earning a degree from that foreign school.
In the former case, the student is earning the degree from a US school that the student attends and that achool is hosting the exchange program.

But both require student visas. Which the Trump Admin has paused, and will start issuing following social media checks.

I get it. You want this policy to get your kid a seat at Harvard, not mess up their study abroad. But of the Trump admin limits or stops all student visas, it could affect your kid too. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. That’s my fear. Why should they accept US students if we are denying them?

They won’t. FAFO. You think Americans have the only wealthy kids who want a semester at St. Andrews or Oxford (both offered through a W&M exchange).

[Anonymous]

Will study abroad program schools such as say Goucher in Baltimore area get rid of their study abroad requirements?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obviously I have an opinion about it. But I am genuinely worried it’s going to affect my kid’s plans, which she has worked hard for and went into our planning for college. I am wondering if other parents of kids currently in college are concerned about this.

OMG this is crazy. First world problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. That’s my fear. Why should they accept US students if we are denying them?

I just returned with my spouse and DD, a rising HS senior, from the UK, where we toured four highly ranked universities (not Oxford or Cambridge). The admissions counselors and others we met with were very welcoming and made a point to say that they hoped to attract/enroll more qualified U.S. students. I got the impression this is not just because of the higher tuition, but because they want to diversify their international student bodies which are dominated by students from China, India, etc.