I want to double major in secondary education and history and I really want to travel the world.Next year for my senior year if high school i will be an exchange student in Switzerland and I will see a lot of cool european countries hopefully adn I know I definitely want to join the peace corps after college but in college I reall want to spend a year abroad in Germany since I am very interested in WWII and the holocaust but I also want to spend a semester at sea so I can see part of the world. I reallly really want to do both.Has anyone else done both or know someone who has?If I have to spend only a semester in Germany in order to do the semester at sea I think I would.ANy advice?
2007-07-07 07:33:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Studying Abroad
I know exactly what u mean
anyway since you are still in highschool you have room to manuver. When you get ecepted to yr school of choice them them what you are planning and they will work with you to do so. I belive that they will just count it as a yr abroad like for most ppl. But you have to let them know so that you can plan out ur college courses ahead of time.
2007-07-07 18:33:48 · answer #1 · answered by rakabarnett 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I went to France for my entire junior year of college - France. I wanted to go just for a semester, but would have had to go through a private university's program, and it would have been twice as expensive - but it would have been in Paris and I'm upset I didn't just find a way to do that. Anyway, I think Switzerland especially is a great country for a year abroad; Germany also is very good. I know of someone who did the semester at sea and don't know how it turned out. Let me caution you that when you go abroad, you will miss out on all the American college stuff - football games, parties, drunken revelries, sororities, clubs, campus what-not - dorm life - as this is just not celebrated abroad - college for Europeans is much different - less social and more focused on career - many students live at home while attending college - so be careful. I missed a big part of my education by going abroad, as I was at an excellent university in the U.S., but in France, the college education is just not as good - most Europeans get their real academic education in high school. That said, if you know what you want, you should do it and travel while there and see as much as you can. Perhaps you can do the year abroad and the semester at sea even after you graduate - or postpone your graduation and do the semester at sea as your last act at college. I really wish I had taken an extra semester or two of college when I returned from Europe to make up for what I felt I missed out on academically while away. I encourage you to get the educational experiences you dream of now - it is difficult to do it later. Let me caution you though - I was nice to this foreign guy when abroad and he totally took advantage of it - and I have never been the same since. Don't get too involved with the foreigners - it sounds racist or prejudiced, but don't get involved with those who you wouldn't get involved with back home - there is a dark underbelly to the year abroad experience and it involves things like acquaintance rape and worse, so be very careful. But again, I think in Switzerland or Germany you should be o.k. Good luck.
2007-07-10 06:20:06 · answer #2 · answered by sweetpea 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My advice is to check the Committee for Safety of Foreign Exchange Students and check out the placement agency on Guidestar. Be careful. On Guidestar which is free put in name of agency, then go to advanced search and scroll down the page to the 990s and look at the 990s - important stuff
2007-07-09 14:34:12 · answer #3 · answered by Jessica 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋