In the News: Paying for a Summer Studying Abroad
As a
recent – and I use the word recent liberally – college graduate, one of my few
regrets is that I didn’t take advantage of the opportunity to spend a summer studying
abroad. I generally excuse this away because I had my hands full juggling my
course work and extracurricular activities and was always eager to return to my
native New York. If I was being honest with myself, the real reason was that I could
never seem to navigate the financial and administrative aspects of applying to
take classes overseas during the summer.
For those of you who are still in school and seeking to broaden your horizons, Michael Eisenberg, a Los Angeles-based CPA/PFS, recently spoke to U.S. News & World Report to educate their audience on how to pay for short study-abroad trips.
The article encourages students to look for scholarships and aid to pay for the parts of a short-term educational trip not eligible for 529 plan funding.
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