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New Global Student: Skip The SAT, Save Thousands On Tuition, And Get A Truly International Education (2009)

by Maya Frost(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1299203604 (ISBN13: 9781299203600)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Harmony

review 1: This was an interesting book. It probably could have been a very good website instead, which reminds me, I need to google it and see if it exists. This really didn't need to be a book, but whatever. It was how your kid could have a really good international education and life without breaking the bank. She bragged about her own kids a littttttle too much for my liking. But otherwise, there were some very good tips out there, tips I wish knew existed when I was a kid because maybe I would have taken advantage of them instead of slumming it out in my own hell. Or I would have done what I ended up doing, which was nothing. Who knows! All I have to say, is it takes a really really special kid to do what is written about in this book. Though the parts on studying abroad in coll... moreege where really interesting and just so so true. It's a business. Avoid the business and do it cheap. More work, but well worth it. Some things I agreed with and some I didn't, but that is life! Definitely for parents of smart, motivated (or not) kids. Different is good!
review 2: Highly recommended for teens who want to go abroad and need to persuade reluctant parents, or parents who are wondering about the benefits to their children of having international experiences. However, if you already studied and lived abroad during or shortly after high school or college, you may not find enough substance in this to warrant purchasing it. In the end I found a few websites I want to explore, but the bulk of the book was devoted to allaying people's fears about the supposedly dire consequences of interrupting a traditional US education to go overseas, as well as relaying anecdotes of successful young people who went abroad. I felt those arguments could have been condensed into the first chapter or two, leaving the rest of the book for more concrete details about specific organizations, etc. Still, it would be an excellent book to hand to xenophobic skeptics. less

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