Not quite on topic, but if I may, I'd recommend doing a summer internship abroad instead of studying abroad. I did this twice while in school (London and Singap

Not quite on topic, but if I may, I'd recommend doing a summer internship abroad instead of studying abroad. I did this twice while in school (London and Singapore) and felt that I had a much better sense of the culture than friends who had chosen to study abroad. What tends to happen is that students who go abroad to study end up hanging out with others who are abroad to study. In that way you don't really get a sense of the community that you initially intended to experience. When you're working, it's very different: you go out to the pub after work, they invite you to events with friends, and you learn about their views, habits, and customs by just coming into work.