<p>Anyone know which schools have study abroad programs for students who have been admitted for the following winter? I know of some (mentioned in a recent WSJ article). Anyone have a list?</p>
<p>Some schools admit for winter semester.....a delayed thingie, and it leaves students with a semester to do something else. If that is the case, you can almost sign up where you want and travel. </p>
<p>St. Louis University has its own campus it owns and operates in Madrid and teaches classes in english. Try there.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks, Nocous. I wasn't asking for me (I'm done with school). But there are some schools that have their own in-house study abroad programs, such as NYU.
More</a> Students Head Overseas in Freshman Year</p>
<p>Personally, I don't think it's a good idea to study abroad freshman year. Freshman year is supposed to be the year that one gets acclimated to the campus, makes connections with friends and professors, learns the ropes of college. It doesn't make much sense, IMO, to study abroad in your very first semester and then come to the school in the spring semester knowing virtually nothing about your college.</p>
<p>There's a good reason most colleges relegate studying abroad to sophomore and, most commonly, junior year. Most freshman are coming from a background of living with their parents for 18+ years, and to be thrust from living with your parents in the U.S. to suddenly being all alone in a place where you may not know the language and definitely don't know the culture...big shock. Of course, students will do what they will and colleges will offer these programs in order to make money, but it's not in the best interests of the student.</p>
<p>I highly encourage study abroad (I did, in my third year) but suggest that students wait until at least the second semester of their sophomore year.</p>
<p>Juillet, you have a good point, but in these instances, the choice is, "Study abroad in the fall and earn some credit, start at your regular college in January," or "Find another school." So students who decide that they really want to go to, say, Colby, but are only offered on-campus admissions for January, it's not like they're going to be choosing between being on campus and traveling abroad. They're choosing between traveling abroad and earning some credits, going to CC/starting with no credits in January, and going to a school that wasn't their first choice. </p>
<p>There are far fewer upperclassman on campuses during the spring semester (largely because THEY'RE studying abroad, or have moved off-campus, or graduated in December) and by admitting students for January, they're filling the empty dorm rooms and giving students who otherwise would not have been accepted a chance to go to their dream school.</p>
<p>Right.....its usually a chance for the schools to fill the dorms when vacancies occur and kids leave after Christmas...and they can do it off the radar screen and avoid the "reports" to their peer institutions that affect rankings. Cant say I blame them, its a win win situation for everyone.</p>
<p>That being said, study abroad first semester of freshmen year is a bad idea. Why not do something for a non profit or take a job and earn some money, or do something locally? If the person you are asking for really wants to go to Europe that badly, then go....you dont have to go to school to do that. And transferring credits from Europe is always a question mark and without the approval of your Dean at the school, its unlikely you will get ANY credits, so its a waste of money if THAT is your objective. </p>
<p>Its a peculiar situation you suggest.</p>
<p>Skidmore has 36 students admitted to their London program every year, which is freshman first-semester in London with Skidmore profs and full credit. It's selectively chosen by the admissions committee though, I believe, and the study-abroad admits aren't necessarily allowed to switch to campus-admit.</p>
<p>I wasn't suggesting any such situation. . . in fact, I wasn't asking for anyone in particular but was merely curious as to how many of these programs were out there. I remember reading an interesting article about this a few years ago and in trying to find it, became interested in which schools have such programs. </p>
<p>However, if the program is sanctioned by the college, I see no reason why the credits taken overseas wouldn't transfer.</p>