<p>IIRC, they have programs in London, Italy, China. Don’t know what else, you can look them up I’m sure. I don’t think your school has to sponsor a particular study abroad program, you can go on others, or arrange yourself, and can work something out. </p>
<p>D certainly took an internship abroad while she was at oberlin. But the school didn’t have anything to do with it, she just applied, was accepted, and arranged it all herself. Maybe not a good example, she didn’t try to get any credit for it or anything, she just did it. (Have AP credits, will travel…) A mom on the Barnard board told of her D who studied in UK, also not through her school, just arranged it all herself and got it approved. And she presumably did get credit. That’s why, from where I sit, it doesn’t really seem like a big deal to arrange at all, or a big feature that the school has to provide for you before you can do it. But I could be wrong…</p>
<p>D did other internships during summers while attending Oberlin, including a (nominally) paid one arranged through a program at the college. So I am witnessing, they exist. Whether more or less than elsewhere, I don’t know.</p>
<p>Of course getting an internship not related to your college is far more common, everyplace, the positions are posted, both through college career centers and elsewhere, and you just apply. Again, based on my kids’ experience I don’t see this process as being a big deal.</p>
<p>Its entirely possible someplace else has better opportunities locked in, or more paid opportunities. Don’t know. But whether the opportunities they happen to have are the ones that you really want may be another question.</p>
<p>By all means ask them specifically about opportunities in areas of interest. It’s a legitimate point to consider, if there are differences that are actually material.</p>