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interesteddad · 01-02-2007, 08:02 PM

qwilde:

The IHP programs have a normal application procedure, just like any study abroad program. Application form, essay, professor recommendations, phone interview, etc. My sense is that it is reasonably competitive. They have to pay attention to whether or not a student understands the rigor of the program and can handle it. That is offset a bit by the expense of the program. Depending on how your college handles study abroad and financial aid, it can be one of the more expensive programs around, which tends to hold down the number of applicants. If a student is in good standing with a 3.0 GPA and comes across as someone who can handle the program, I think he or she would be accepted.

When I was looking into the program initially, I did some searches. It's an approved program for most elite colleges, although sometimes buried on the lists due to the fact that it doesn't fit a neat category such as "programs in Chile".

My daughter's group had 25 students. She was the only one from Swarthmore, but Swarthmore almost always sends one or two students per year on the various IHP programs. My daughter has been e-mailing with a sophmore who is applying for next fall.

Other colleges represented this past semester were Vassar, Wellesley, Barnard, UPenn, Harvard, Williams (they had two on this trip and have been regularly sending students), Bard, Berkeley, BU, Hunter, Trinity (TX), and Seattle Pacific University.

The longer list in the brochure of schools sending students in past years includes all of the Ivy League schools except Dartmouth and Cornell. Every LAC ever mentioned on College Confidential. Virtually all of the top-25 universities. And couple dozen top publics.

cheers:

Thanks for the Hessler recommendation. I passed it along to daughter and I'll look for it in the library.

01-02-2007, 08:02 PM	#29
interesteddad Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: USA Threads: 142 Posts: 6,680	qwilde: The IHP programs have a normal application procedure, just like any study abroad program. Application form, essay, professor recommendations, phone interview, etc. My sense is that it is reasonably competitive. They have to pay attention to whether or not a student understands the rigor of the program and can handle it. That is offset a bit by the expense of the program. Depending on how your college handles study abroad and financial aid, it can be one of the more expensive programs around, which tends to hold down the number of applicants. If a student is in good standing with a 3.0 GPA and comes across as someone who can handle the program, I think he or she would be accepted. When I was looking into the program initially, I did some searches. It's an approved program for most elite colleges, although sometimes buried on the lists due to the fact that it doesn't fit a neat category such as "programs in Chile". My daughter's group had 25 students. She was the only one from Swarthmore, but Swarthmore almost always sends one or two students per year on the various IHP programs. My daughter has been e-mailing with a sophmore who is applying for next fall. Other colleges represented this past semester were Vassar, Wellesley, Barnard, UPenn, Harvard, Williams (they had two on this trip and have been regularly sending students), Bard, Berkeley, BU, Hunter, Trinity (TX), and Seattle Pacific University. The longer list in the brochure of schools sending students in past years includes all of the Ivy League schools except Dartmouth and Cornell. Every LAC ever mentioned on College Confidential. Virtually all of the top-25 universities. And couple dozen top publics. cheers: Thanks for the Hessler recommendation. I passed it along to daughter and I'll look for it in the library.