<p>I guess what I’m saying is maybe if you’re interested in study abroad there’s no need to pick a different college. Because as far as I can tell it seems to be pretty easy to arrange study abroad, from any college.(Of course this would need to be verified). Not to mention the programs the college does, in fact, sponsor itself.</p>
<p>If 40% of the students there actually do study abroad, evidently it can’t be any great insurmountable obstacle to arrange it from there.</p>
<p>If it’s correct that you can do this in any event, regardless of which college, one might be better served basing matriculation decision more on things that actually you can’t do from both. Or other differences.</p>
<p>For example, in the instant case, one difference my D noticed was that Smith has no boys. The combined M:F ratio of Amherst, Smith & Mt. Holyoke together is 1 : 6.7 . No wonder the Smith kids are all wanting to study abroad !</p>
<p>Edit: I note now that he did not say 40% study abroad, rather 40% study elsewhere. I would agree situation/ difficulty bears looking into, to be verified.</p>