The Wall Street Journal reports that there is an increasing number of first-year college students who head overseas to study. Many colleges and universities, including our own University of Alaska Anchorage, offer programs to enable students to learn abroad.

If you are interested in this type of study check out Maya Frost’s soon-to-be-published book, The World Is Your Campus: Skip the SAT, Save Thousands On Tuition, and Get An Outrageously Relevant Global Education.

Here’s her own summary of what to expect:

A Taste of Freedom:▄ Never worry about your GPA, SAT score, or class rank ▄ Enter a top liberal arts university as a junior at age 18 ▄ Get paid to work virtually while spending the summer in exotic locations–and get credit for it ▄ Graduate at the age of 20—even if you’ve studied in four universities on three continents ▄ Get two years’ worth of college credits—during your senior year of high school ▄ Get a degree from a top-ranked college at a total cost of less than $40,000 (No loans, no debt.) ▄ Explore the ruins of Machu Picchu, go snowboarding in the Andes, sleep under the stars in a Chilean desert, dance all night in Buenos Aires, celebrate Carnaval in Brazil, hike the glaciers of Patagonia, become a cherished member of a family in another country, and develop a global perspective by sharing experiences with friends from around the world—as an exchange student at 16 ▄ Speak two or more languages fluently ▄ Pay $1500 instead of $15,000 for the same study abroad program as your Ivy League peers ▄ Start your sophomore year of college—at 16 ▄ Connect with accomplished mentors who can boost your skills, reveal your talents, and open the door to new levels of learning ▄ Master the art of self-management ▄ Travel widely, find meaningful and well-compensated work, and discover your place as a valued and valuable global citizen

Her four daughters have done all of this and she’ll fill you in on how to do it, too.

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