<p>i want to study abroad, and i have scholarship money that allows me to do so. however, i wont have access to this money until junior year. due to classes that are only offered at certain times, the only semester i could spend abroad is fall of junior year. so, there are two options i see:</p>
<p>option a:
spring 2012: classes on campus
summer 2012: summer classes on campus
fall 2012: classes on campus
spring 2013: classes on campus
summer 2013: internship
fall 2013: study abroad
spring 2014: classes on campus
summer 2014: internship
fall 2014: classes on campus
spring 2015: classes on campus, graduate</p>
<p>option b:
spring 2012: classes on campus
summer 2012: internship
fall 2012: classes on campus
spring 2013: classes on campus
summer 2013: internship
fall 2013: study abroad
spring 2014: classes on campus
summer 2014: internship
fall 2014: classes on campus
spring 2015: classes on campus
summer 2015: internship
fall 2015: classes on campus
spring 2016: classes on campus, graduate</p>
<p>option a allows me to study abroad and graduate in 4 years, but i will have to take summer classes and i will only have a chance for 2 internships. option b allows me to study abroad, get 3 internships, and pick up a minor or two, but it would take me another year to graduate. Which do you think is better? please help a confused freshmen out!</p>
<p>Would finances / scholarship be a problem in terms of either the summer classes or the extra two semesters?</p>
<p>What type of courses could you take at the school abroad? Could they at least be used for breadth requirements or other things that may not be crucial prerequisites that need to be taken before fall of junior year?</p>
<p>at the moment, i dont have scholarship money for summer classes or extra semesters, so that is an issue too.</p>
<p>With my school’s exchange program, i can take up to 12 credit hours when i study abroad. i have planned for this, and adjusted both of these schedules accordingly. i would be taking classes that would happen that semester anyway.</p>
<p>12 credit hours is less than a typical 15 credit hour load, right? That means studying abroad automatically puts you behind, unless you take overloads, take summer classes, and/or use AP/IB credits to skip some beginning courses. And if the study abroad delays a crucial prerequisite chain by a year (due to a course only being offered in fall or spring), then that argues against studying abroad at all, unless you can take an equivalent course at the abroad school.</p>
<p>Can you take transferable courses at a community college in the summer of your freshman year, which would likely cost less than doing them at your four year school? It might also be possible to do this while you are doing an internship or something.</p>
<p>I have already adjusted this schedule for study abroad. By taking those summer classes, I can get ahead by half a semester to make up for the study abroad semester. The whole reason I’m considering summer classes or extra semesters is because of study abroad. The issue I’m asking about isn’t is it possible, it’s which situation is better. trust me, I’ve already written out my entire schedule with all the classes j would take in both of these situations lol.</p>
<p>And yes, the courses i will be taking abroad are equivalent to the courses I would be taking if I stayed here, for the most part. The other courses i would be taking that semester aren’t major courses, but they aren’t offered at my local community college, so I would have to stay on campus to do those classes.</p>
<p>It does not make sense that it would have to take two extra semesters, just because you are 3 credits behind due to the study abroad, assuming all of your study abroad courses are applicable to your degree requirements. If you overload 3 credits over the seven other semesters, and otherwise track requirements carefully, it does not seem like you would have to take two extra semesters.</p>
<p>ok ill look into that. maybe i can rearrange my schedule in a different way. its kinda tricky with the prerequisites and classes only offered at certain times and whatnot…</p>
<p>Easy solution: take a few semesters with a ton of units. It’s not as hard as it might look. Maybe take two semesters with 23 units. This is way better than staying an entire year extra.</p>