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Travel the country with National Student Exchange
Students seeking to take different courses and travel have opted towards NSE
Makenna Bishop
Issue date: 1/15/09 Section: News
The National Student Exchange (NSE) program gives students the chance to study away from their home universities without breaking the bank.
NSE is a program in which undergraduate students can exchange with more than 170 universities across the United States and Canada.
NSE's purpose is to provide students with an opportunity to experience another culture and gain access to more courses that they might not be able to take at their home universities.
Leslee Mayers is the assistant director for New Student Programs and Family Outreach. She has been the coordinator of Oregon State's NSE since last August.
Many Students use the NSE to check out future graduate school options. Mayers advised students who are planning to move to participate in an exchange in order to further connections and form a realistic picture of the future.
As part of the application process, students can select universities or regions where they are interested studying.
"I go to a placement conference with all the other schools and we only place students in universities that they have listed as wanting to be placed," Mayers said. "Most of the time, students do get their first choice of schools, but there are some schools that are more competitive."
One of the more appealing aspects of this exchange program is how students are able to pay for their time studying at another university.
There are two different plans students can select from, Mayers said.
Students have the option of paying their tuition at Oregon State or paying in-state tuition at their host institution.
Alyssa Guidon, a junior in public health, studied at the University of Kentucky for four months. She heard about NSE through a friend and by attending an informational meeting held on campus.
Guidon chose Kentucky as her first choice because of friends she had already made during a previous trip.
"I also thought that it was a very different place from where I have grown up and lived all my life, so it would be a great new experience," Guidon said.
NSE is a program in which undergraduate students can exchange with more than 170 universities across the United States and Canada.
NSE's purpose is to provide students with an opportunity to experience another culture and gain access to more courses that they might not be able to take at their home universities.
Leslee Mayers is the assistant director for New Student Programs and Family Outreach. She has been the coordinator of Oregon State's NSE since last August.
Many Students use the NSE to check out future graduate school options. Mayers advised students who are planning to move to participate in an exchange in order to further connections and form a realistic picture of the future.
As part of the application process, students can select universities or regions where they are interested studying.
"I go to a placement conference with all the other schools and we only place students in universities that they have listed as wanting to be placed," Mayers said. "Most of the time, students do get their first choice of schools, but there are some schools that are more competitive."
One of the more appealing aspects of this exchange program is how students are able to pay for their time studying at another university.
There are two different plans students can select from, Mayers said.
Students have the option of paying their tuition at Oregon State or paying in-state tuition at their host institution.
Alyssa Guidon, a junior in public health, studied at the University of Kentucky for four months. She heard about NSE through a friend and by attending an informational meeting held on campus.
Guidon chose Kentucky as her first choice because of friends she had already made during a previous trip.
"I also thought that it was a very different place from where I have grown up and lived all my life, so it would be a great new experience," Guidon said.
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