In keeping this thread alive, I now have a decision to make and am wanting some feedback...
i'm debating on what program i should attend: the first is this summer in Belgium. The cost is 4,700 including airfare, 2 meals, room, 2 classes offered by Loyola, museum passes, and trips to london, paris, and amsterdam. This program lasts from July 9-August 6..so it's a decent month i'd get being in Belgium..
the other program is a semester exchange i'd do in fall 2009, to Madrid. the good thing about this is that i can use my financial aid from here and just apply it to madrid; the cost might be a little higher than going to school here (some 15,000 per semester). this is a much more cultured program..i have the option of living with a family in Spain. I also have the prospect of going to a Madrid game; but all that aside, thed downside is that i'd lose a semester of classes that i need to graduate...
so...what should i do!