Traveling abroad helped her to develop independence and a greater perspective on different cultures. And doing things on your own you learn so much. I'd say I learned the most by going with my friends to the night market. An experience quite different from the University summer program is the summer affiliate program run through the International Center. During the school year, the International Center sends students around the world to study at different universities, but in the summer the program is slightly altered.
Different arrangements have to be made for the program during the summer months.
The foreign schools have a different schedule than we do so it is often hard to schedule students into summer classes. The American College is a university located in England that provides classes for American students. I'm not sure I would have chosen London, but I didn't feel like I could go during the school year. I also thought I should be doing an internship because it's my senior year. So I was looking where I could do an internship program and it turned out to be in London.