<p>Nervous,</p>
<p>Obviously the college or university has the LAST word on any particular topic. The problem is knowing whether you're getting something besides the LAST word each time you ask. Case in point: At Freshman orientation an official of the college asked parents to encourage their children to utilize the Winter Session. "The International Studies group will have a table downstairs. They can tell you everything about studying abroad during Winter Session." So I go downstairs and ask what's available. "Everything you need is in these sheets" I was told. Well, that information didn't look right so I walked a few blocks to the offices of the International Studies group where I got a WHOLE different set of study abroad options. At this point I'm not sure I have the LAST word on this topic. But I know for sure that the first response was incompetent.</p>