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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Literally a cruise ship.  Reputation is very much rich kids drinking around the world and my DD had no interest.  
Our DD instead did Sea Semester https://www.sea.edu,  a very different program run out of Woods Hole (where the students spend the first 6 weeks in intensive academics preparing for the ocean part).  The ships are "tall ships", sailing vessels, very intense experience learning a lot about sailing, weather, oceanography, and depending on the trip, local history and culture.  Very physically-demanding, on "watch" in quite crazed schedule throughout the trip which was about 6 weeks in the Southern Ocean coming and going from New Zealand.  Primary research on plastics in ocean among other interesting and important projects.  My DD adored it and the academics did seem excellent. I think Boston U is the academic sponsor.  On her trip students from UCLA, UNC, Harvard, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Hopkins, UMD, Cornell, can't remember where else.  Major emphasis on safety.   If your student interested in learning about the ocean and sailing, rather than just lots of travel on cruise ship, he/she should check it out.  [/quote]

NP. I disagree with the PP who called this poster a snob. A professional colleague of mine did Sea Semester and told me about it while we were both at a conference held at WHOI. She did her undergrad at one of the colleges the PP mentioned and later did her master's and Ph.D. in a marine biology field at one of the top universities for this field. I've looked into it for my kids -- it's an excellent, albeit demanding, semester, and would be great training for anyone thinking about a career in marine science.[/quote]

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