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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did an exchange as a teen in HS and a year abroad at college. Best and most educational experiences of my life. Paved my way to foreign language fluency, a career in international business, and now a position at the State Dept. Definitely do it!!![/quote]

Similar for me.  Life changing.  HS junior year abroad (learned first foreign language), college semester abroad (learned second foreign language), and now I’m making big bucks in BigLaw, using those languages and cultural skills nearly every day.

[b]What did I miss HS junior year?  A prom?  A few parties?  Some math and science that I’ve never missed? [/b] [/quote]

I mean I agree with you. But you can also make big bucks and gain skills, etc doing this another way. Its weird that people frame this as a "must" or a "leg up" when its really pretty rare- its a privilege and and awesome one- but just view it as that. If you come from a family where this is a real possibility you are already well on your way to being a successful adult- since you are in the top 10% or whatever of people who understand this is even a thing at all and have access to the networks that make it happen.[/quote]

Top 10%?  Sorry, no. I was raised lower middle / working class in the middle of nowhere (though with education-insistent parents, thank God), so this is not just for the Upper NW-to-Potomac zone.  My parents scraped together money for airfare.  But this experience did help me get college scholarships.  Honestly, there is little in high school I could not live without.  Sure, I never took Calculus or Physics, but I can write all of this, fluently, in various languages. [/quote]

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