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[demonic_lilith]

Okay. Question time

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[distraught]

yes

[demonic_lilith]

I'm hoping to attend London Metropolitan University in the spring if all goes well. =)

Thanks for your help!

[c_abbo]

I second pretty much this entire comment. I went abroad last fall for the semester, to a country where Goucher doesn't currently have a program. I needed to rearrange my course schedule once I got there, and I was able to do it entirely by email with my Goucher advisor and professors. Something that I did (and that OIS will probably tell you, too) was to save all of my email correspondence with my advisor and professors while I was abroad, just in case something got screwed up and I needed it as reference later.

As for housing when you come back to Goucher, they'll have you fill out a housing preference form before you leave--basically your top three choices for where you want to live once you come back. I requested a single on an all-female floor, and wound up in a double with a freshman on a co-ed floor. It worked out for us, but don't hold your breath that you'll necessarily wind up with what you've requested.

Anyway, sorry for the epic comment. If you have any more questions about studying abroad, feel free to ask!

[demonic_lilith]

But say I already know who I want to room with the following year. Would that person be able to sign me up? Or would I have to hope Goucher placed me with them?

[jendotcom]

if you're going in the spring, you just need to fill out a proxy form before you go, and the person you designate as your proxy will pick your housing for you (and assumably, you'd tell them what you want! it could be done by your future roomie.)

i went to westminster for comm and it was fine, pretty laid back and insanely easy to get into the city. (imagine if baltimore had amazing public transportation, and there was a subway stop that was a 3 minute walk from goucher's academic and residential buildings) i don't think goucher is going to force you to go there if you don't want to, though!

[jendotcom]

also, as far as classes go, you can email your advisor with what you want to take when you get back, and it's their job to go in on your registration day and get you the classes you want!

[c_abbo]

You should be able to request to live with a certain person when you return, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

[wehadlove]

feel free to ignore this question if you don't want to answer it, but did any of your financial aid transfer over when you studied abroad? that's my main concern because i'm not going to be able to go through goucher's program next fall and i need to know whether not i'm going to have to take out a loan.

[c_abbo]

Because I was on a non-Goucher program, my financial aid did NOT go with me. Goucher refused to recognize the program that I went with (in financial terms), and wouldn't let me use Goucher-sponsered money (not sure about federal finaancial aid, but I can check.) There was a bit of a back-and-forth with my parents and SAS last summer, because basically Goucher had said that they would offer me aid and then declined their offer. I'd make really sure that you know exactly how SAS wants to deal with aid from the beginning. Because Goucher rescinded their offer, my parents had to take out an extra loan to cover the differance.

[wehadlove]

Yes, that's what I was thinking would happen. And don't bother checking about federal aid if it's a big deal, they gave me far less than Goucher did, so if federal does go with me then it won't make much of a difference, anyway. Thank you for answering!