In order to help you organize your thoughts, the following questions have proven helpful to others. Your responses can help you determine if you are ready to participate in a study abroad experience.

• What do you hope to learn while you are abroad?
• What do you think will be the most challenging issues for you while you are abroad?
• What do you think it will be like to live and learn in another country?
• Why is culture shock an important experience?
• What makes people elsewhere different from you? In what ways are they the same?
• What do you think you can do to help you prepare for a study abroad experience?

Group of students in Pompeii, Italy