Study Abroad experience? I may need advice!

Consolation
Fri, 13 Sep 2013 23:53:55 +0000

Ahem. I am half Finnish.

It’s bad enough that I have to spend so much time defending New Englanders on this forum, now I have to add Finns, too? :D

As it happens, I have lived in the Netherlands. MANY people there speak English, although certainly not all. Is your S going there for the language, for some particular program of study, or something else? Not many people study Dutch in school. If he is open to other countries, there are alternatives. For example, in Paris there is something called Reid Hall, affiliated with Columbia, through which students from many colleges study abroad.