First Year Study Abroad / Global Scholars Programs

Looking to expand our list of first-year abroad programs. Currently, our daughter is interested in Creighton’s Global Scholars program and U Del’s World Scholars program as they both provide a four-year experience.

Any other suggestions to add to the list? We are familiar with FSU and Northeastern’s first year abroad programs as well.

Thanks!

William & Mary has their program with St. Andrews

Wheaton College (MA) has their WheaGo program (options are: Australia, France, Spain and Switzerland, I believe).

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Some schools have spring admits - and might preference those students. They may not have their own abroad but they allow you to work with others - a Hamilton, I’ve read about, comes to mind.

Here’s a link I found which might give you more ideas.

Colleges Where First-Years Can Study Abroad (collegeconfidential.com)

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Are you looking for a particular country/language/region?

There are schools with first-year programs at their own overseas campuses, like Marist in Florence, Bard in Berlin, Temple in Tokyo, and SLU in Madrid. SLU also has a 2+2 plan.

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https://www.bu.edu/cgs/experiences/study-abroad/

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Marist College has several long-standing global first year programs:
Marist–Freshman Year Abroad

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Colby and Hamilton both offer incoming freshmen the opportunity to spend fall abroad.

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Case Western has a first semester in Madrid program as well.

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Georgia Tech has a first semester abroad. There are two options. All courses are taught by GTech professors for full degree credit.

https://firstyearabroad.gatech.edu/

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Hamilton’s is a January admission and one of their recommendations to make use of the fall is a Fall semester in London with Arcadia. Students are not matriculated at Hamilton during the fall until they enroll for spring.
Program is solid, every year 20-30 kids participate. They take classes with various other students from such as Brandeis. No financial aid from Hamilton since technically not a Hamilton student yet.

There is also a first semester in London option with Skidmore where the program is run by Skidmore itself and kids are Skidmore students while they attend. If you have financial aid, it applies to the London semester.

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