<p>I just occurred to me that the title of the thread started by rrah doesn't really give an accurate description of its' contents. So, I'll link it here:</p>
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<p>Thanks ILMom for the great update. I have one “practical” question. If I recall correctly your son leased a house for the school year? Did he find someone to sublease his space? Was it difficult to do so? I know lots of people graduate midyear or leave for a semester abroad. This is one concern we have. We don’t want to be paying for an apartment or house in Bloomington while daughter is abroad at some point, but we don’t want to make her live at home either for the semester she is in Bloomington. I guess we’ll just have to work on this a bit.</p>
<p>Hi rrah! It was one of our concerns as well when we started this process. S does have a 12 month lease on a house. A friend of a friend is subletting for 5 months (Jan-May). He had been studying abroad in Fall 2009. It kind of just all worked out.</p>
<p>There were a lot of classified ads on Onestart of students in the same study abroad boat. To keep other roommates happy, it’s really great when one of their friends needs a place for a semester. That’s a good place to begin the sublet search.</p>
<p>Does your D know where she wants to study?</p>
<p>Here’s one more thing to keep in mind. According to S, Kelley made it clear to all study abroad students that advisement for the subsequent semester would be difficult. Kelley won’t offer much assistance by email except for sending a copy of the last planning guide the student and advisor developed. They will make a phone appointment but, given the time difference and the costs of international phone calls, that’s not too practical. </p>
<p>The moral of this story is: Meet with your advisor during the semester before you study abroad and fill out a degree planning guide that shows which classes you need to take each semester to get the desired degree(s). That way you’ll be prepared to register for your next semester’s classes while you are away.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if this same advice applies to the other schools at IU, but it’s worth checking out.</p>