Study Abroad experience? I may need advice!

MYOS1634
Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:23:29 +0000

German and French universities are basically tuition free but you must speak the language well (IB HL at least and well above AP, otherwise you need to take one year of “academic language preparation” for which you pay $4,000 or so for tuition + $5-10,000 for rent, food, books, transportation, etc.) There are no accomodation and it’s pretty much “go to the lecture, take notes, figure things out for the exam”. Ther emay not be a syllabus or you may not know when/how you’ll be evaluated.
OP: if you son’s university does not offer support and accomodations, see if he can take a semester off and enroll in another university’s study abroad program. I mentioned the ACM programs but there are many others which are run by colleges with good study abroad programs. You can also check out the CIEE programs
[CIEE?Nonprofit, NGO leader in international education and exchange since 1947](http://www.ciee.org/) , [ACM ? Associated Colleges of the Midwest ? Home](Associated Colleges of the Midwest)
I don’t know if the ACS also offers such programs for non-affiliated students but it may be worth it to look into it.