Study abroad?

It is one of my life-goals to study abroad... What should I go to make myself able to go study abroad?? Do I have to prove myself to someone? Any other advices or/and experiences?

Study abroad?
Are you in college/university already? If so, talk to your academic adviser to let him/her know that you definitely want to do it so that you can make plans. Some curriculum's are challenging to work in a semester away from, so the sooner your start planning, they better it will be.





If you aren't in college yet, look for a school that advertises and promotes its study abroad a lot. Ask admissions officers about it in interviews and really make sure that the school offers programs to where you want to go and doing what you want to do.





Once you are in school, the things that matter most are your GPA, class standing, disciplinary record, and activities. Schools want to make sure you can succeed abroad, so if you don't do well at your home university, what makes them think that you will do well abroad? If they aren't confident in you, they will not send you. Then you need to play nice in the residence halls because they aren't going to send someone with a disciplinary record to a foreign country where they will reflect poorly on their university and country. Finally, you need to be supper-involved so that the selection committee knows who you are when you apply to go abroad. If there are any kinks in the process, having a dean and/or professors on your side helps.





When it comes time to apply there are two types of programs: school hosted and independent. School sponsored is where a few professors take a group of students from your school to a different country. It is like a giant field trip. This is good because you know people, but to me this isn't the kind of experience I would ever want. The second kind is independent. This is where you go by yourself to a school in another country, live in the dorms, go to classes, and get to fully immerse yourself in the country. This is what I am doing and what I really think is the best experience. The institute for study abroad at Butler University organizes it for a bunch of students at different schools across the nation to go to the UK, Australia, and Latin America.





To apply you need to fill out an application with your GPA, activities, awards, and then submit graded writing samples, letters of recommendation, transcripts, and a personal statement.





The best advice I can give you is to study hard to get a killer GPA, make friends with the professors (go into office hours, participate in class, and do well) to get great recommendations and to fight for you if your school limits students going abroad, and to start getting really active within the school. Joining a faculty-staff committee, becoming a RA (resident assistant), and just saying hi are great ways for them to know who you are. When I got accepted into Oxford there were some concerns that I wasn't going to be allowed to go (it was expensive and their application caused me to need special permission). Because I had worked closely with a member of the committee on other projects, talked to the Dean of Students when I got accepted, and made sure I had a great reputation within my department, I was allowed to go.





Good Luck!
Reply:If you're in high school there are MANY student exchange/study abroad opportunities. AFS and The Rotary Foundation are two of the best programs. If you're not in high school, Still consider contacting Rotary. They have great opportunities for ambassadorial/study abroad scholorships.
Reply:speak to your tutor
Reply:The only time you need to prove yourself to someone in regards to going abroad is if you want to go into a field of work that requires a lot of travel or work in other countries. Job recruiters and companies will favor those who have experience in foreign countries over those who don't (assuming you are capable of doing the job).





What should you do to 'make' yourself go abroad? I'm not sure if you mean that you are a little afraid to go abroad or you just want to know the steps you need to take.





If you want to study abroad, there are a few high school programs out there that have abroad programs, but most that you will find will be available at the college level. I recommend discussing your interest with a financial adviser and the foreign travel department of the college you may be in/interested in.





It might help others here if you explain what countries you are interested in going to if you want to know about specific experiences that might be more useful to you and tailored to your situation. For example, are you thinking of staying for a semester? a year? a few years? There are travel studies where you take a class at a college and then travel to the particular country for 1-2 weeks.
Reply:just search the web for the university that you wanna go to and do it ... you will have your own experience and it's totally up to you
Reply:I studied abroad for a semester in Birghton, England at the University of Sussex. It was an amazing experience that I would recommend to anyone. I had a few difficulties since I had to go during the Fall semester due to sports in the Spring, but other than that it wasn't too hard to apply. I detailed the steps you need to take (or at least the steps the I took) to apply in an article on HowToDoThings.com. It should provide you with a lot of what you need to know:





http://www.howtodothings.com/education/a...
Reply:Talk to a scholor, or a high grade teacher...it works.