<p>I basically agree with interesteddad and could’ve expressed it more clearly: if a college runs its own programs, research them–if they’re GOOD, that’s generally a good sign about the foreign study program in general. (If they carefully screen the pre-approved programs–and many selective schools do–that’s good, too, but it’s also not much of a reason to choose one college over another, since many schools will allow students to study on those same programs.)</p>
<p>Dickinson is a good example of interesteddad’s point about the trade-offs: they run a lot of their own programs, which have a reputation for being quite good. BUT, they don’t let you transfer Dickinson FA to most outside programs, so the choices are actually more limited than at a school that might run far fewer. 75% of their students, or something like that, study at one of D’s own programs.</p>