It's too expensive for you to go . This is a particularly GOOD DEAL if you attend a North Carolina public university where tuition and fees are one of the best educational buys in the country. Appalachian must allow you to use your federal financial aid for study abroad. Most state financial aid can also be used for study abroad. If you don't know a foreign language, you can't go.
Some examples are Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, the Philippines, and Malta.
There are many of these types of study abroad programs in non English-speaking countries. Some examples are Finland, Sweden, Japan, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Thailand. You won't get credit or graduate on time. If you plan your study abroad carefully, you'll receive full home credit for all the courses you take, and these can be planned so that they count toward your major, minor, or elective requirements. You CAN graduate on time and still study abroad, with proper planning.