Study Abroad experience? I may need advice!

intparent
Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:25:10 +0000

It sounds like you are in a slightly better spot than we were with my D1. U of Helsinki does not provide ANY housing to visiting students, which is what my D was considered. So it sounds like the university will provide housing if you apply early (that is a big bonus). Regarding the tuition payment – in our case U of Helsinki has NO tuition. So it sure would have been a ripoff for her US college to collect tuition, provide no services, and not pay anything to the university she was attending. Odds are pretty good that the university your kid wants to attend still has much, much lower tuition than the US college does, though. His college will still make a boatload of money.

Even though you have been researching programs, it might be good if your son asked his college where other students in his major have studied abroad in the past several years. They might have some leads on other programs that are also workable. I know my D2’s college really keeps on top of what programs will fulfill which majors – but they also have the kids planning from freshman year if they want to go abroad, too.