Global Education
What to Expect
Before you go -
- Obtain a passport/VISA
- Must buy international medical insurance through our office
- Expect travel delays, problems
- When you board your plane to leave the US, you will be scared to DEATH!!!!!
- You need to start saving money NOW!!!
Academic Issues -
- Commute to class my be long distances – use public transportation
- Fewer contact hours for the class
- Homework will be less specified
- Independent learning
- Group projects/presentations
- Less assessment —more of your grade rides on less items
- All grades will converted to A-F
- CANNOT FAIL THE FINAL EXAM!!!
May not have available -
- A campus
- Internet access
- Phone in your room
- Air conditioning
- Many American amenities
- Accommodations for disabilities
Items to buy when you arrive abroad -
- Linens there because of luggage weight
- Cell phone
Other Information -
- Meal plans may vary
- Cannot rent a car or drive
- More petty theft, pickpockets, purse snatching than in the US
- Expect to be homesick