{"id":11789,"date":"2018-11-03T17:07:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T11:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/?post_type=post&p=11789"},"modified":"2025-03-24T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T07:15:30","slug":"want-to-study-abroad-answer-these-5-questions-to-know-if-you-are-ready-to-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/blog\/want-to-study-abroad-answer-these-5-questions-to-know-if-you-are-ready-to-apply","title":{"rendered":"Five questions to ask if you are planning to study abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Are you ready to study abroad? Are you ready to begin that new chapter of your life \u2013 new experiences, dirty laundry, independence, a foreign country, top university and all? Or have you yet to work on it?
\nDeciding to study abroad is a life-changing one \u2013 it puts you on track to several new experiences and being prepared to meet them head-on will amplify the effect multi-fold. Between college selection, application and all the logistics, the personal preparation is something many people overlook \u2013 not at ReachIvy<\/a>, though. Here\u2019s all you need to ask yourself before making the choice to go overseas for your education.<\/p>\n

Are You Ready to Study Abroad? Answer these 5 questions to know<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    1. 1. Am I Ready to Adapt?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Adaptability is a huge factor when you\u2019re headed out solo \u2013 anywhere on earth. The conditions are rarely the same in two places, and chances are, you will have to adapt to these conditions and learn to either live with it for the duration of your education or leverage it and grow with it. What will you choose?
      \nThe latter, I hope. To leverage your study abroad opportunity and grow with it makes the best use of your opportunity. What would you rather, when you\u2019re out for a new experience: a) study and just get through with the degree; or b) learn with it and grow accordingly.<\/p>\n

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        1. 2. Do I Know the Languages Needed to Communicate and Comprehend?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          This is important mostly for students that are headed to a non-English speaking destination at universities in France, Spain, China and so on. Communication is crucial and the last thing that should be a hindrance in your effort to learn as much as you can in the years you\u2019re studying overseas. Sure, your university instructs in English \u2013 but how do you expect to interact smoothly with the local populace?<\/p>\n

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            1. 3. Can I Manage My Time Effectively?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              The novelty of the study abroad experiences is bound to have its challenges as well at times \u2013 for instance, the incubation period in a new culture and a new university tackling a relatively different education system might leave you doing (or having to do) a lot many things. It\u2019s imperative at this point that you learn to prioritize your tasks. A good place to start learning the ropes of time management is at home, while you\u2019re still preparing your application \u2013 set timelines for yourself and work on them accordingly.<\/p>\n

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                1. 4. Can I Live Far Away from Friends and Family?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  If not, it\u2019s time you do. You will be a thousand miles away for months \u2013 may even years \u2013 on an end. Part of coming to terms with this also involves understanding the bright hope the internet brings for you \u2013 Skyping and conversing with your friends and family still is an option and should not be overlooked. The larger realization, however, should set in early on so you aren\u2019t left emotionally high and dry at a later stage when you\u2019re begging your academics.<\/p>\n

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                    1. 5. Have I Figured Out My Financing? <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Ironing out the financing <\/a>while studying abroad, beforehand, is key so that you aren\u2019t left in a crunch that affects your chances of studying abroad. This, from a personal standpoint doesn\u2019t mean just the \u201ctuition fee\u201d part of the mix, but also the living costs. Students often fall for a planning fallacy in terms of their finance. This is largely because they estimate their living costs with a more optimistic than realistic metric. Take into account especially your dining and outing habits when your headed abroad to study and plan to work around these either in habit or in cash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Are you ready to study abroad? Are you ready to begin that new chapter of your life \u2013 new experiences, dirty laundry, independence, a foreign country, top university and all? Or have you yet to work on it? Deciding to study abroad is a life-changing one \u2013 it puts you on track to several new…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,299,300,301,463,464,465],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-study-abroad","category-mba","category-undergraduate","category-high-school","category-masters","category-phd","category-exec-ed"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11789"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20869,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11789\/revisions\/20869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reachivy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}