Gary’s Q&A

Listener question & Gary’s response · Transcript passage

Hehehe from the Discord server asks, What are your thoughts on studying abroad? I would guess that you are very pro-get out and explore the world, but does that extend to studying abroad? As a university student, I was thinking for a long time that I wanted to do a semester abroad in Greece or Italy, but after playing with my course load, I found that I could just graduate a semester early and travel the world instead. Do you have any advice, such as it is better to settle down and try to live there, or maybe take your time, explore more things than just one city?

I personally never studied abroad, but I know many people who have. My impression is that those who take a semester abroad almost always use it to party and travel. The classes they take tend to blow off classes to facilitate their party and traveling. If you can graduate a semester early, I’d do it. There is no reason for you to pay tuition so you can go to Europe and spend money on top of that.I think your instinct here is correct. I’d graduate early. Not only will you save money, but if you do go to Europe, you’ll have much more freedom to do what you want and go where you want without having classes and other obligations hanging over your head. As for what you do when you are there, that is up to you. Personally, I’d play it by ear. If you want to stay in one place, then you can do that. If you want to roam around, you can do that too. You really won’t know until you get there and experience things yourself.