I wish I'd known this or at least wish someone told me about this before I started planning on doing a Study Abroad.
If you have interest in going abroad, you will want to at least plan a year in advance, especially if you want to get scholarships.
Why a year? you ask. Well, you will find out that the most and best study abroad scholarships run parallel with your application and you don't want to rush your scholarships. This means that when you apply for a study abroad program, you will also want immediately apply for scholarships (if not before you apply for a study abroad). Unfortunately the best scholarships are due months before you will even get your university acceptance letter.
Example: I sent in my university application in early February 2010 to study abroad for the Fall 2010. I didn't get my university acceptance letter until late April 2010. Meanwhile study abroad scholarships for Fall/Spring 2010/2011 are were due on March 1st 2010. Hopefully you're more organized than I am.
A little counter intuitive, but you will want to apply for as many scholarships even if you don't know where you are going, if you've been accepted or even if you are going.
Additionally most of the good scholarships require some work (resume, recommendation, project proposals etc..) that may take a couple months to prepare.
For these reasons, it's always best to plan ahead 1 year in advance and don't be afraid to apply for Study Abroad scholarships, even if you haven't been accepted or know where you are going?
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