Study Abroad

Applying to College
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<p>Has anyone had kids who studied abroad? Anyone go to Australia?</p>

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<p>My son studied abroad in Sydney (took an HR class plus interned at a business) he feels that the experience landed his big 4 accounting internship and subsequent job offer. Plus he had the time of his life (no one should have that much fun!)</p>

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<p>My kid went abroad three times (1 summer, 2 semesters junior year), but all in Jordan. Can answer questions about three different programs if you are interested.</p>

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<p>My older daughter also went to Sydney for a semester. She interned at a bank while she was there. I arranged for her to stay at a dorm with the locals instead of living with the internationals. She didn’t like it at first, but ended up making a lot of friends. Now 5 years later, she still has Australian friends visiting her.</p>

<p>Australia is far and it is very expensive. When D1 was there, there was no all you can eat when it came to texting or internet. D1 ran up 500+ one month when she was streaming movies/music.</p>

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<p>Also check out the “Study Abroad” threads. It’s another motherlode of helpful info, hidden under Discussions</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/study-abroad/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/study-abroad/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Daughter did 3 winter terms abroad. Ecuador, Honduras, and a term at sea on a research vessel. She is now applying to a grad school in Australia. What questions do you have regarding specific programs, logistics or locale?</p>

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<p>I spent about 6 months out there, travelling around, pre-college, though it wasn’t on a study abroad programme</p>

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<p>Daughter did a semester in Spain and then immediately following graduation, went to Bali as a TA. She loved both opportunities , but Bali created some challenges with staff member who led the program ( and treated it like her own spa vacation and dumped most of the responsibilities on her ) some medical issues arose with more than one of the students and she came back with some odd afflictions too</p>

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<p>DD2 studied abroad in Japan. It was arranged through her college and generally well run - very challenging since all her classes were in Japanese (though that won’t be the same problem in Australia :).</p>