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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it depends on a lot of factors. Years ago I spent my junior year of high school in France and it was a great experience that I don’t regret one bit but I do think it probably hurt my college application process a bit. When my college apps went in I was a year behind my peers in terms of transcript and “ rigor” and all EC stuff stopped at end of sophomore year. My year abroad was with AFS which is respected but I don’t think acceptance is all that competitive. OTOH my dd got a competitive state department scholarship to spend her senior year abroad so her apps were much more robust because she had a full 3 years of classes+ECs, she was in a unusual part of world, and just getting the scholarship was a bit of an accomplishment. So in her case I’m sure it helped her. We were both strong high school students applying to competitive colleges. I didn’t get in but she did. Still, as above poster mentioned, don’t make a decision about a year of life based on college stuff. Do it or don’t do it for all if the other reasons that spending a year abroad can be great, hard, and life changing.[/quote]

+1 I adored my high school study abroad experience but it definitely hurt my college admissions. It hurt my GPA and I couldn’t run for leadership of any student group since my HS time was broken up. If you’re only doing it for college admissions, don’t. [/quote]

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