A more competitive option for students is to be part of the foreign exchange program, Borst said. These students actually switch places with a student from a foreign country. This is typical mostly of students studying in Great Britain and Australia. Although the American student studies overseas, they pay University tuition. Beth Pickens, senior in finance, studied at the University of Paris-La Sor Bonne last semester.
Students can pick where they want to live when they go overseas.
She said students living in a country where a foreign language is spoken usually do because they can get help with the language.