<p>Right now I’m writing a scholarship essay, and this stat would be really useful. If not that, does anyone know the percentage of students that study abroad at UCSD as a whole, compared to students at the other UC’s?</p>
<p>According to ERC’s website about 1/3 ERC students study abroad.
Source: [Roosevelt</a> College](<a href=“http://roosevelt.ucsd.edu/families/twenty.shtml]Roosevelt”>http://roosevelt.ucsd.edu/families/twenty.shtml)</p>
<p>21.5% of UCSD students study abroad
Source: [LaJollaLight.com</a> | UCSD students take to studying abroad](<a href=“http://www.lajollalight.com/news/246198-ucsd-students-take-to-studying-abroad]LaJollaLight.com”>http://www.lajollalight.com/news/246198-ucsd-students-take-to-studying-abroad)</p>
<p>I couldn’t find how many students studied abroad as a whole but I know that UCSD is #1 out of the UC system by a long shot. If you have any questions please let me know; studying abroad is so far the highlight of my college career. =)</p>
<p>A lot. The opportunities for studying abroad is tremendous, especially with MMW. I don’t want to study abroad, but with all the talk about it, it makes me want to change my mind.</p>
<p>Is it easy to study abroad… like if you want it you will get it? Or do you have to compete for it?</p>
<p>I personally think it’s easy to study abroad mainly because I have never met anybody who has been rejected; on the other hand I know plenty of people who have studied abroad. You do have to apply to get in, but in the end the real person you’re competing with is yourself. You have to maintain a certain GPA and submit a personal statement but it’s usually not a problem because SD wants more people to study abroad (supposedly aiming for 50% study abroad rate).</p>
<p>thanks so much for the responses!</p>
<p>Does anyone know if it is possible to study abroad as a transfer student? I would really like to but I’m not sure if it would set back graduation, etc.</p>
<p>^ I know a transfer student who studied abroad for one summer and one year, so she literally spent more than half her UCSD experience abroad.</p>