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Gellino - it seems to have changed - when were you at Colgate? Many of the Colgate programs are small and the curriculum is relatively narrow - fabulous programs for those who want to study in that specific area but not as popular among those with broader interests. And the most popular semester to go abroad is the spring. The school now holds a lottery and tells the juniors which semester they can go abroad to try to space out the absences more evenly between the two semesters. My son's advisor had to write a note of support for his petition to go in the spring (there was a particular course he had to take at Colgate offered only in the fall) - requests for a specific semester are only granted if there is an "academic rationale". A couple of his friends were approved for the fall - and elected not to go abroad at all.
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