tumblweed32

Since I entered college as a sophomore (AP credit), I am having alot of trouble trying to squeeze in everything to be able study abroad. Since it's a national university, they don't allow me to transfer GE units from a community college once I already went to the school. The only transferable units would be my language requirement.

SO ... would it be a lesser experience to travel abroad only from taking community college courses during the summer? I wanted to go to Japan, and I know no japanese currently, and I need two semesters experience to go. I was planning on taking courses the next two summers, then going my last year.

My other concerns about this:
1) Between summers, I will probably forget alot of the material
2) because of 1) my performance and grade might suffer greatly if I jump to Japan after barely any courses

Also, I could consider doing an extra year, since I would have without my AP scores anyways, but total expenses is almost $47,000 or so per year, and I am not on any scholarships.

TheDad

The daughter of a friend just returned from Japan. While two semesters of Japanese may be the minimal requirement for participating in a program, Japan places a premium, because of the difficulty of the language for Americans, on as much language experience as you can get. At the level she had, many courses were not open to her once she was there.

You shouldn't take any of what I say as gospel on this but imo you should investigate thoroughly by talking to several people on the program you've been on.

And if I understand your plan being to take two semesters of Japanese in consecutive summers, yeah, I think that's a really bad idea.