Hi everyone, I’m looking for people who studied abroad or is planning to and came from a family that doesn’t have a lot of money nor a lot of support. I came from a 1 income home, no college fund previously set and my father does not want me studying somewhere else since he seems things aren’t transferable. I’m looking to cover the cost on my own, I’m questioning about the fee of it and asking where do you think is cheapest to travel abroad from Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand or Ireland (Any other places similar and cheap - English somewhat - let me know!) Here are some other questions hoping some of you young lads could help me with:
- Cost of entire studying abroad including rent / food ect or your experience with it!
- When do you usually have to pay these things back? I'm kinda nervous about this part..
- How would I go about doing this? Which sites to visit, what to take ect
I understand you should take SAT's
- How was your experience with it?
If anyone has additional information, please let me know! It would be GREATLY appreciated, thanks in advance!
Are you wanting to study your whole degree abroad, or just a year or semester?
Where are you from? What can you afford to pay?
What subject(s) do you want to study? What are your career plans? What is your educational background?
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What is your school’s policy?
At some schools, fin aid transfers over to study abroad. Not at others.
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At some colleges in the US, you pay regular tuition at the US school to go on their study abroad program. Which expenses are covered vary, though. You have to talk to the study abroad office to find out their policies. You pretty much always have to cover some insurance costs and visa costs. Usually you have to pay your own airfare, too, although I have heard of exceptions. If you go on one of the college’s programs, usually need based and merit aid continue to apply to your semester or year abroad.
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If you are already in college, then you need to talk to your school’s study abroad people.
If you are not in college yet, look for colleges that have a very high percentage of students who study abroad, and where your entire cost will be covered by whatever your at-home costs and financial aid package are.
If you are asking about enrolling in a college internationally and doing all of your college experience there, be aware that while some countries are very inexpensive compared to the US, 1) it is rare to find financial aid (you can get FAFSA loans if the college is accredited); 2) in most cases you apply based on standardized tests; 3) in general, you have to be very independent- you get much less support from the administration; 4) in general, you apply directly to a ‘major’ and your choices are much more limited than in the US, so it is important to know what you want to study.
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