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[quote=Anonymous]It's a great idea.  How many other times in your life can most people live abroad for 4-6 months?  I studied abroad in Australia. The tuition was the same  for that semester.  All credits transferred. My school had a partnership with the university in Australia so I knew ahead of time, which classes would fulfill graduation requirements. I went spring semester of my junior year and still graduated after 3.5 years.  Expenses were more with all the added travel, but that's pretty much expected.  Not sure about now, but at the time, the exchange rate was really favorable.  There were definitely some party types in the group of 30 or so from my university, but most already had well established drinking habits prior to leaving the country.

I spent 6 months after graduation teaching English at a private school in China, which wasn't in my original plan but my start date for my "real" job  got pushed back and studying abroad really gave me the travel bug.  I then started working in NYC and eventually got transferred to London office, where I spent 7 years.  That opportunity may have still happened, but I don't know if I would have had the courage to jump at the chance to go.  To say it was life altering would be an understatement.

Life is an adventure. I've traveled a lot and worked abroad but studying abroad is really one of those opportunities that you cannot recreate. If your heart excites at the thought of the opportunity, find a way to make it happen.

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