Choosing Your Dream Study Abroad Destination

When I decided to apply for a Study Abroad opportunity, I thought choosing a university would be pretty straightforward. Instead, I found myself with 41 tabs open, knees-deep in options and trade-offs, and constantly changing what I thought was a great choice for me.

Get ready to dive into the details with me as I share both the obvious and the not-so-obvious factors that can help narrow down your choices (and how to research them), and which university won me over!

Initial Research

Built-In Filters

Most of this part is pretty obvious, just filter the program finder results based on your major, places you want to go to, type of program, etc.

Here’s how I filtered my search (since I knew I wanted to study in Europe), which greatly reduced the number of programs to choose from:

TU Berlin Semester Dates
Where to find Academic Requirements Report
I have 3 specific CPSC courses that I haven’t taken yet(any sections that are automatically collapsed in the report have been satisfied)
Checking if other specific course requirements have been satisfied
In my case, I have 8 CPSC-specific options left (one 500-level, three each of 400 and 300-level or above)
Lastly, I have 7 open options left

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  1. Anonymous Avatar

    Wow, this is informative. Thank you!

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