<p>Exchange Program v.s Study Abroad</p>
<p>are these essentially the same??</p>
<p>Except with an exchange usually your family would have to host a student as well.</p>
<p>you kidding~~~</p>
<p>my family is 10 hours away from school …</p>
<p>exchange and study abroad (in college) are the same thing. with an exchange, you go to one school and they send a student to your school. with study abroad, it’s not always (rarely, in fact) a “trade” between schools. if you’re talking National Student Exchange, however, that is when a student from a college in the US goes to another college in the US for a semester or year–just like study abroad, only within the country.</p>
<p>If you are asking from the perspective of a university campus or student, an exchange usually means a two-way exchange of students. Some students go abroad, while others come to the U.S. through the exchange agreement.</p>
<p>Study abroad generally refers to U.S. students going abroad to study, and may or may not refer to participation in a program that brings students here as well.</p>