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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2850147, member: 44316&quot;]When you study abroad there will be academics (whatever you are supposed to be studying) and lot of other, cultural, things. As a professor, I have some advice. First you should know that many colleges abroad have significantly more difficult curricula than American schools, so it would help to study up in advance to not feel lost. (Many study-abroad students are lost in their classes and quit or do poorly.) </p><p><br /></p><p>But, the reason I am writing is not that. The reason is that you must take every opportunity to do the cultural things, even if it interferes with your classes. Those of us who have studied abroad have experiences we recall that are far more influential than the classes we took. For the rest of your life you can go to parties and say &quot;When I was in France ....&quot;. Who cares if the class on [name your subject here] was over your head? Take it again in the US. </p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun. By the way, when I was in Austria, ....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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