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We encourage students to contact other students who have studied abroad and discuss the realities of life abroad, including funding, academic life and cultural lifestyle. This can be an incredible source of valuable information and contacts can be found through the internet or the International Student Office of the institution that your child will be attending.
Returning home usually increases the desire to leave and perpetuates the homesickness. As a result, parents often believe it is much more advantageous for them to initially visit their children in the US. This also gives your child a chance to demonstrate how much they have learned whilst being abroad and what they know about US culture.
Universities are pretty busy places all year round, it’s only at Thanksgiving that everyone goes home.
Regular and consistent communications, Skype or MSN or email is advisable while your child is in the US, although excessive communication will hinder them more than support and help them adapt to life in a new foreign country.
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