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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want my child to go away to school and do an abroad program.  Yes, I think it is incredibly important she NOT stay in this area.  Boston or New York would be marginally okay but We are encouraging her to go farther.

We are not practicing Catholics but Norte Dame has a great sophomore year abroad program that would be great for her. [/quote]

Do you have any idea how stupid you sound?  Do you really think that your child will have a meaningfully different experience at a school that's 800 miles away as opposed to 300 miles away?  For that matter if the school is 100 miles away do you fear they'll be home every weekend?  It sounds like you and the OP didn't go to college and have little to no understanding of the dynamics of the college experience. And every college offers study abroad although usually during junior year. As others have said, focus on the fit and not some absurdly irrelevant criteria like distance from the home.[/quote]

A school in another part of the country and with a year abroad program IS what she wants and is what is best for her.  Yes, I believe she will have a meaningfully different experience at Norte Dame than at UVA.  The abroad program at ND is a full year during sophomore year which is better for non language majors.  I don't know why more colleges don't do this.  A fit for my daughter is away.

Any other questions on my parenting?  [/quote]

It has nothing to do with parenting and everything to do with being reasonably well informed.  There is nothing more alarming than ignorant parents giving advice to ill informed children. And btw you need to do more research on study abroad programs.[/quote]

NP here and I actually graduated from Notre Dame and did the sophomore year abroad program.  I did do research and found no other American university with a university-run program for sophomores.  At Notre Dame, you pay ND tuition, have a ND faculty member there and your grades at the foreign college are counted toward your Notre Dame GPA.

But that is beside the point.  I want my kids to go to another part of the country for college as well AS PART of their education, too.  It has nothing to do with "fit".  I want my kids to learn to fit in anywhere they go - college, jobs, countries, etc.  I don't want them to repeat their high school experiences.    [/quote]

There's a reason no other school has study abroad sophomore year.....it makes little sense. As a sophomore you're just beginning to fully integrate into the college experience....why would you want to leave so early? [/quote]

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