<p>Interesting thread - I’m going throught the “application” process now, and it’s a bit confusing with all the options out there. Any specific programs you’d recommend, either in Chile or Spain, for a very advanced speaker looking for as much immersion (and as less American influence) as possible? I want ALL courses to be at the local universities, in Spanish. I’m most likely to go to Spain, but I need a serious program with a very high language requirement and with not a lot of other Americans. For immersion purposes, Chile or Argentina might be better, but my area of study is European politics. In Spain, I’ve looked at Sweet Briar, Middlebury, Advanced Lib. Arts at CIEE (but CIEE seems to have a reputation of being exhorbitantly large and party-hardy). Anyone have experience with your kids applying directly as a visiting student to a foreign university? This may be a bit too adventurous, but is it worth considering?</p>
<p>I’m wondering what your daughter’s area of study is and what courses will be offered in both programs. It does not seem to me that any of these programs put any emphasis on courses that will be taken, and course lists are scarcely available. Of course I don’t plan to spend my year only studying, but I think it’s an important part of study abroad that’s not given nearly enough attention as the subjective “social” part.</p>