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Study Away: The Unauthorized Guide to College Abroad

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This book is very easy to read and clearly tells you everything that you need to know to get into a school abroad. I wouldn't consider trying to apply abroad without the help of a guidebook and this one is really great.

"Study Away" really helps show the world (literally) of opportunities out there for where you can go to college. I really glad I picked it up because my choices in the United States have been limited somewhat by financial considerations. I had no idea that Americans could even apply to so many foreign schools (and have it be so much less expensive!).

Overall, a very good book.

This book is really wonderful. There are a million reasons to study in a foreign country. It's significantly less expensive, Americans have a much greater chance of getting in to a much better school abroad than they do at home and the cultural experience of living and studying in another cultural is a once in a life time experience.
With that said, researching the schools and trying to figure out how and where to apply can be an absolute nightmare. (I tried to do it on my own and got completely lost and confused!) This book is like a light in the dark for anyone who is considering studying abroad. It tells you step by step what you need to know about each school and how to send in your applications. It is written by people who have clearly gone through this process many times and because of that they have all the answers. Also, because it is written by Americans who have studied abroad, they really help explain how the system works from an American point of view. There are many small differences that can be overwhelming if you don't know the system, but this book clearly and concisely explains everything.
This book should be considered an essential to every high school senior. It opens your eyes to a whole new world of possibilities. It really is you ticket to one of the most exciting adventures that you might ever have.

Great book. Great introduction to how to get in to a university outside the US. Everything is laid out in an easy to read and easy to understand format. So far this is the only book that I've seen which is dedicated to people who want to study outside the US for the full four years, not just as a semester abroad (but it would be helpful for those looking to do a semester abroad as well).

This book answers all the little questions that are impossible to find answers to if you are trying to research foreign schools by yourself.

There is a great variety of schools listed: from not so far off (like in Canada) to schools that are literally on the other end of the earth.

Study Away has really got everything that you need to help you get in to a foreign university.

I highly recommend it to everyone!!!

My son David is looking for places to go to school. Because of the extremely expensive tuition in the US, we decided as a family that he should go abroad. But where to look? We found this one through amazon.com and are very happy with it. It gives everything - good reccomendations, good insights and as reluctant parents it allowed us to compare between the Fisk's and Princeton Review guides for US universities and this one European schools. Parents - there is hope outside America which won't break your back financially - buy the book and find out.

This book is unique among study abroad guide books because it lists 68 schools around the world that teach in English and offer American-style degrees. There is simply no other book like this one. You don't have to worry about matching the academic calendar system or the language used in the courses if you go to one of these schools.

A second excellent point about this book is that it tells you the level of academic difficulty of each institution by the SAT scores. So, you can find the schools that match you. A third excellent point: it tells you what each school is good at. Some schools focus on science and engineering, while others on humanities or business management. The fourth: this book tells you whether the faculty of a school is available for help and mentoring, or aloof and unavailable.

Other aspects described by this book are tuition rates and financial aid information, housing options, extracurricular activities, and support services, contact information and directions on how to apply, advice on staying healthy and staying safe.

I give this book four stars because I think it can be improved. For example, it would be helpful if the authors were to categorize the colleges by their level of difficulty, their similarity in academic areas, and their cost, etc. Also, I would like to see the section on the academic programs for each school be expanded provide more detail. Another suggestion is to include some feedbacks from the American students who have gone to these schools.

As for the steps and procedures to take for studying abroad, I highly recommend the book, "Study Abroad for Dummies."

I agree with all the other reviews that have been listed. It's a very good, well organised book. There's so little information out there for students who want to study abroad, but this book (thankfully!!) gives you everything that you need.

Having this book, I don't feel like I'm jumping into the unknown anymore by applying to study abroad. I'm so glad that this guide was written!

I thought this was a great book. It gives an excellent overview to lots of different schools and helps explain everything you need to know to apply abroad. Very useful and the only good guide of its kind.

Why so many five-star reviews from "A Customer"? I don't own the book, but so many 5-star reviews from the same reviewer screams: "Stay away from this book" to me. Amazon: Please limit the number of reviews from a single account to one per listing--and allow reviewers to UPDATE their review, but not add another.

I was searching for universities overseas where I could learn in a foreign setting with foreign students and still learn in English. I looked EVERYWHERE, but couldn't find a book or resource to help me. Then a friend told me he had heard about about Study Away! Not only did I find the book helpful, it's actually fun to read, too. I only wish the publisher had helped out a little more in the photo department, but that's a small criticism of a really helpful book. If you've got sophomore blahs (like I do) or you can't get into your first choice American college, give this book a try. I've already sent in my applications to a number of foreign universities!

Currently, there are about eight other reviews. They seem to indicate that the primary value of this book lies in the fact that there is no other source of information on foreign universities where the classroom instruction is conducted in the English language. While I appreciate that value, I am seriously disappointed by the fact that most of the cited schools are not the big name schools I had hoped to learn about. Rather, they include such "universities" as "University of Costa Rica, Rain Forest Adventure" with a total "student body" of 15, and "College Year in Athens." These are nothing more than vacations where the students can earn a few college credits. Some of these colleges sound more like businesses than like century-old centers of academe, such as "Webster University Thailand." I also wonder about the wisdom of going all the way to Italy to get a degree from the anglo-sounding "John Cabot University". And I fail to see the point in including the universities in England, as we already know that they conduct classes in the English language. Truthfully, I found this book almost useless. I wanted to know if there was a very reputable university in say, the Netherlands or in Switzerland, that my daughter (who speaks only English) could attend. That sort of information is not included in this book. And while I admit it is not hugely important, the black and white photos in the book look like they are candid snapshots taken back in the 1960s. There is nothing useful or appealing about this book... it was a disappointment.