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Study Abroad Survival

Real-talk guides for exchange students: what a semester abroad actually costs, settling in, managing money and getting home for the holidays.

The real cost of a semester abroad

Nobody tells you the real number. You get the tuition figure, maybe a line about accommodation, and then a vague sense that it’ll work out. Then you land, and week one costs more than the whole of the previous month at home, because you’re buying a duvet and a SIM card and a bike lock…