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I will forever wonder why Americans don’t go to Europe to study higher education. I heard its much cheaper, if not free, there.

• Jach 9y ago
  Is it really cheaper or free for non-Europeans? (http://exchangestudentworld.com/student/costs/ http://exchangestudentworld.com/student/costs/) Can it be easily done without going through an exchange service? Anyway, some other possible factors for why more Americans don't do it: not many European schools actually wanting them for various reasons (such as academic performance (or as sibling notes there may be an entrance exam), they're full enough with the locals, or would rather have non-American foreign exchange students), most Americans don't know a foreign language very well (and those that do are most likely to know only Spanish), most Americans stay in the same state of their birth, and lots of college students like being able to visit friends and family from their original location and that's a lot more difficult with an ocean in the way -- flights are expensive.
• Mediterraneo10 9y ago
  Take Finland, a country has free education. Entering a university from the total beginning in Finland requires taking a highly competitive entrance exam, and the exam is in Finnish. How many 18-year-old Americans do you think can manage that?
• morgtheborg 9y ago
  My sister did this. Not cheaper. Or at least St. Andrews wasn't :)