Wall Street Journal article on FSU international programs

Colleges & Universities Florida State University
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<p>An interesting article: [More</a> Students Head Overseas In Freshman Year - WSJ.com](<a href=“http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120095736768604873.html?mod=home_personal_journal_left]More”>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120095736768604873.html?mod=home_personal_journal_left)</p>

<p>*Callie Broughton had an eventful freshman year at Florida State University – in Spain.</p>

<p>Ms. Broughton, now a 20-year-old junior, opted to study abroad in Valencia through a program for first-year students at Florida State. For one year, she lived in an apartment and took classes with other FSU students at the university’s Valencia Study Center. In her spare time, she explored Europe.
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Amy Goldstein, a Hamilton College student, spent her first freshman semester in London.</p>

<p>There were downsides to going abroad the first year of college. “Missing Thanksgiving and stuff I had never missed in 18 years was definitely weird,” she says. But the benefits outweigh the disadvantages: “You’re getting to see the world at such a young age,” she says. Ms. Broughton, an education major, is now a student recruiter for the program.*</p>

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<p>We have a friend who attended FSU study abroad in London last year. She absolutely loved it and felt it was a great option for students interested in experiencing life outside the US.</p>

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<p>i personally don’t agree doing it the first year, but i’d definitely do it thereafter.</p>