No decision you make will be wrong, as all experiences abroad will be beneficial to you. However, many, many, many students come back wishing they had chosen to stay longer than they did. Unfortunately, it s one of those things that s hard to know before you go. If you ve done your leg work, you ll end up with lots of material from many different programs. You ll want to go through it all and read each brochure carefully.
Study abroad takes preparation.
You ll have to visit advisors and teachers and others and ask for advice. Many of the people you ll talk to studied abroad themselves, so listen carefully to them - they know what it s like. Take your time and stick with it. Take the decisions you made on where, when, and how long to study abroad, think about what everyone has told you, pull all the facts from the material you ve gotten in the mail, put it all together, and you ll end up with a great program that s made just for you.