jlyons_2016
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Does anyone have any info on the Foreign Academy Exchange Program at USMA? Is it the same thing as studying abroad for a semester?
Does anyone have any info on the Foreign Academy Exchange Program at USMA? Is it the same thing as studying abroad for a semester?
Does anyone have any info on the Foreign Academy Exchange Program at USMA? Is it the same thing as studying abroad for a semester?
My cadet did a foreign exchange semester (he's a German major). He had the choice of two "regular" colleges in Germany, or the Austrian Military Academy. He went with the MilAk. He reported back to WP for re-org week, then flew to Austria w/ 3 other cadets. He had an amazing semester. He traveled like crazy, learned to waltz, learned to ride horses, and had Thanksgiving dinner with the US Ambassador to Austria. He made lifetime friends overseas and came back fluent in German (my other son, also fluent, says his accent makes him sound like it's 'redneck German'). The only con for my son was that he's a corps squad athlete, and missing training and meets messed up his winter competition when he returned. A small price to pay, he says, for the experience. He also had two trips to Germany via the academy: one for spring break yuk year and the other was language academy summer before cow year.
I'm trying to decide between International Relations, which requires extra language courses, or Spanish, but I would really like to have the opportunity to do a semester abroad.