In a time where access to travel has never been more affordable, FlightHub believes that everyone should be afforded the opportunity to study abroad. 
Here are the top 5 reasons why FlightHub thinks you should take the plunge and study abroad

Making lifelong friends 

There’s nothing quite like a friendship made while sharing similar experiences. Like Ruth Blatt wrote, anyone who has been to a good rock concert has experienced love with perfect strangers (Forbes, 2014). A similar experience is found while studying abroad; a collective of peers gathering together from all the corners of the earth form lifelong bonds of friendships that supersede time and space. The connections you make while studying abroad are unparalleled: You have access and connection to a global community of resources, friends, peers, mentors and teachers. Cultivate these relationships!  

Beer, Bière, Birra, Bier

Now that you’ve made new friends, you get the chance to learn from one another! Studying abroad means you get to meet many different people from very different places. Don’t waste this opportunity to foster cultural exchange and understanding. Take the time to learn about a new friend’s customs or traditions. An academic education isn’t the only type of education you’ll receive while you’re abroad. Seize the opportunity to learn all that you can from your peers.

FlightHub thinks you’re going to work hard and play hard. 

Studying abroad isn’t just about goofing off and skipping class, in reality it’s quite the opposite. Do you have a specialty in mind that you’re curious about? Check out the faculty list at your exchange school and see if they have resident experts in the fields you’re interested in. As a student you have the opportunity to go right to the source of you academic passions! Oftentimes the leading authority on particular subjects and teachings conduct most of their research in universities. You may have the opportunity to speak to the head researcher and pioneer in neurobiology, or perhaps chat with the leading authority in Egyptology. The possibilities are endless.

See it to believe it

As a student, FlightHub believes you have the rare and fortunate opportunity to visit and live in the places you’ve only ever read about in books. Are you a history nerd? Then imagine roaming around the ruins of Rome rather than reading about them. The best part of studying abroad is the accessibility you have to other people and cultures. FlightHub thinks that travel and curiosity is the best way to maximize your time abroad. See firsthand what your textbooks only begin to talk about: visit the Lascaux Paleolithic paintings in France, or see the medieval castles in Portugal.

You’ll come back home more appreciative and eager to learn more of yourself 

Once you’ve returned from your semester abroad, you’ll come to realize the importance of fostering and developing the relationships made with your new friends, and more importantly yourself. You’ve had the very fortunate opportunity to grow and develop on an emotional, as well as intellectual, level. 

Still unsure about participating in an exchange program while studying? Go on FlightHub Review and join the conversation.