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College Beyond the States Book Updates
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One of the reasons why we use a database as our main source of information about the English-taught degree programs in Europe is because the information is constantly changing. Not only are new programs updated in the different countries at different points in the year, but tuition and admissions information often changes as well. I finished writing College Beyond the States: European Schools that Will Change Your Life Without Breaking the Bank in April 2018. Since then, there have been some […]
The Myth of “You Get What You Pay For”
In Affordable, School Specific
“You get what you pay for” is a response I sometimes see posted on Facebook about the college costs in Europe. Why people feel compelled to respond to something that they know nothing about-and state it as fact-is beyond me. It’s also simply not true-even about higher education in the US! Does a student paying out of state tuition receive a substantially superior education than the student paying in state tuition? No! It’s similar in Europe, one of the reasons tuition is so reasonable is […]
McDaniel College in Budapest, Hungary
In Affordable, School Specific, Travel
I didn’t visit McDaniel College the first time I was in Budapest. There are a handful of American universities in Europe that I have a number of concerns about. Some of them focus on and cater more to American exchange students, which certainly affects the experience for full degree students. Others charge “American sized” tuition, which I don’t think is justified. Though McDaniel College in Budapest has a very reasonable tuition, it wasn’t on my high priority list a few years ago. […]
Why You Need To Know About Brno
In Firsthand, Travel
I would not have been able to name a city, other than Prague, in the Czech Republic before starting Beyond the States. I certainly would not have thought that the city of Brno is consistently rated one of the top ten student cities in the world! There are 70,000 students in this city of 400,000, making it a lively place with lots of opportunities for student life. Brno itself has been called “Little Vienna”, since many of the same builders and architects developed the city when the […]
Learning about Denmark in Slovakia
In Food, Travel
There is only one type of tour you will find me on, and that is a food tour. I wasn’t able to schedule a visit to learn about one of the very few English-taught programs in Slovakia, but we decided to take a day trip (less than one hour by train from Vienna). Since we just had one day, I scheduled a food tour to learn about the food and culture, while also seeing the city. Ellie and I were the only people signed up for the tour that day. Our guide, Simona, was in her mid twenties and […]