<p>who's doing it? does anyone know if alot of people at yale do it?</p>
<p>i'm so interested in traveling, i wonder if this type of opportunity is accessible at yale.. knowing how beast it is, i bet it is lol</p>
<p>I definitely want to study abroad! Traveling is one of my loves in life :). Yale was actually really bad with the amount of students they had travel abroad, but they are getting better. Also, I am considering a science major, so that makes it a little harder. </p>
<p>Also, CONGRATS ON GETTING INTO YALE!</p>
<p>thanks, you too (i'm assuming you got in since you're on this forum haha), and thank you for responding.</p>
<p>I also want to study abroad and it seems Yale is very open to that (and encouraging of it)!</p>
<p>Although, I might major in Bio (or double major) which might make it a problem..... we'll see.</p>
<p>Then again, I just got in so I want to take it a bit slow.</p>
<p>Current student here...</p>
<p>As everyone around me is currently frantically making summer plans, I'd say that Yale definitely encourages going abroad. Study abroad time is largely in the summer, though of course some people do semesters as well. Benefit of summer study is that those in restrictive majors (Bio being a big one here, my best friend is pre-med) still can go abroad. Additionally, a large chunk of people don't go abroad to study in a traditional classroom setting--rather, they go to do volunteer work or research or to have an internship. (Yale has a very popular summer program called International Bulldogs that consists of internships in various countries overseas. Still waiting to hear back from one in Brussels...)</p>
<p>In terms of the easy of studying abroad, if you choose to go through one of Yale's pre-set summer programs, its super easy. A few emails and clicks and you're done. International Bulldogs is also easy to apply to. If you choose to take another college's study abroad program or find one on your own, it's a little more complicated, but still not too bad. </p>
<p>Financing study abroad can be a little iffy, but Yale does try its best. If you're on financial aid, you qualify for ISA, which is money towards an international summer experience. (It's given proportionally--if you're receiving 50% of aid, for instance, you'd get 50% of funding for your summer program.) ISA can be used for one summer (except for some weird loophole where language study allows you to use it for two.) Yale also offers a lot of fellowships for more funding, though these are easier to obtain if you're implementing your own research program or volunteer experience. </p>
<p>From personal experience, I'll say this. I'm going to Italy this summer, either through a Yale program that I'm currently accepted to or through a Harvard one that I'm trying to get into. My best friend will be going to Spain to study Spanish and also do photography., through an outside program. Another good friend will be going to Singapore through a Yale program, and another will be doing an internship in Madrid. My suitemate is going to be doing research at Oxford...and the list goes on. And we're all freshmen. </p>
<p>So yes, Yale is quite open to study abroad.</p>
<p>I have a soph D and she is applying to summer programs right now. So far she's been accepted to one in Mexico and is looking at a couple of others. She will be taking advantage of the ISA program, and I believe that in addition to the % FA, the student also receives the amount of the student summer earnings expectation (about 2.5k). </p>
<p>She also got accepted to a spring break abroad trip, but found that money to fund such short trips was much more difficult as programs like ISA don't apply.</p>
<p>From what I've heard, more students at Y (and many of the other selective schools) choose to go abroad during the summer as they don't want to miss a whole year or semester on campus.</p>