Studying Abroad

Today I visited Mary Schweitzer in order to discuss studying abroad. I have been back and forth between my advisers and the study abroad office without much progress, so upon recommendation from Professor Dare, I contacted her. She was incredibly helpful in describing what I can do, the options I have, and getting the foundation down for beginning my study abroad program match. Before visiting I wrote down about eight or nine specific questions that I wanted to address, because I am very poor at remembering all of my questions. But after forty minutes of talking with her I looked at my questions sheet to get the answers that I needed and I noticed that I had nothing left to ask. She answered all of my questions without me having to have to ask them. I learned all about the general stuff in studying abroad, who to contact to discuss how it will affect my plan of study, and we significantly narrowed the programs that I am considering. I cannot wait to decide on a program and I am even more excited to go on this program. Germany is my first choice because my grandmother always wanted to go back to where she was from and I would like to go for her, it has the technical aspects for Mechanical Engineering that I require, and it has a long history and I feel as though it would give me the best edge on the competition in the job market.