<p>Still wondering, dadII-- what did you expect to be the answer? Your OP was a reasonable question, but post #4 was the predictable post that got people’s hackles up. Were you expecting the cost of the WS to be forgiven simply because your d wanted to study abroad? Why would you think that?</p>
<p>As oldfort mentioned, sometimes the cost of study abroad is actually cheaper than studying at the home school. In that case their might not be a differential to pay, so it might be absorbed. But if not, and there is, for eg, $2k due in lieu of the WS that is not performed, then … well… that is the student or parents responsibility.</p>