Study Abroad Advice/Tales of Your Experience

runnersmom
Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:23:57 +0000

My S hasn’t gone yet, but is in the process of setting up study abroad for next year. Imagine my surprise when he informed us that he’ll probably spend the summer in Siberia…yes you heard me right, followed by a semester in ST. Petersburg. The summer will be further language acquisition study and the fall will be a traditional semester program. In that he goes to the U of Chicago, a semester abroad, at least in the fall, only costs him 1 quarter at school, so he’ll be back on camous for 2/3 of his junior year. Have any of you had kids go to places where you are more concerned about their safety? The post-summer, pre-fall travel through Asia, ending up in Uzbekistan, was last night’s plan…ahhhhhh…