<p>Sorry it’s taken me a while to get back to this thread.</p>
<p>Not all students who study abroad arrange that through their college (if you do, then you will usually pay your regular college tuition) or try to get college credits for the studies. </p>
<p>It gives you more flexibility in making out-of-college educational choices if you don’t try to get college credit for studies pursued elsewhere. Intensive language training, for example, may not be offered by the kind of school or program that a college will give credit for but might still fit with the overall educational goals of a student.</p>
<p>AP credits can give a student the opportunity to think outside the box about education and career while still moving the student along toward a bachelor’s degree. Even Yale sees the value in that. So while the rules are a little complicated (and the school is happy to review them with you), Yale is flexible enough to accommodate college students who want something different from the straight 8-semester march toward graduation.</p>
<p>As a parent, however, I concur with the school’s emphasis on graduating in four years!</p>