University students are increasingly studying abroad as part of their studies. Do the advantages of studying abroad outweigh the disadvantages?

Students now -a- days prefer to study in other countries for their university level education.

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students will often struggle with linguistic barriers and cultural differences, they will

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gain significant life experiences that will reward

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them later in their

careers. As per my opinion, students are far better off having studied in despite the challenges that they inevitably face. The greatest benefit of studying abroad is that students will have life experiences that will improve themselves as people that would have been

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impossible if they had

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only studied in their own countries. Being in another country requires people to push themselves beyond the norm into unusually difficult experiences.

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, when I have studied in Indonesia and India, I was continually pushed out of my comfort zone into psychological states that were unique and novel and that I had to adopt no matter what. These ultra-challenging experiences are paradoxically the main advantage of studying overseas because they make you grow as a person. The main challenges that students will face while overseas will usually stem from cultural and linguistic differences. These differences can pose massive obstacles for people because they require one to move beyond the familiar and into the unknown which can often be awkward and quite scary.

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, while studying in Indonesia I had to frequently make a fool of myself in order to communicate with the local people in their language.

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, I felt embarrassed and I longed to speak English and be in the familiarity of my own culture. For

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studies, students are opting foreign countries

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of

completing

compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

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in their own countries. While students will no doubt experience

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and language barriers, it is in

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fact, these

barriers that lead to the main advantage of studying overseas which is personal growth. As a contradiction of sorts, it is the hardship that ultimately makes the experience of studying abroad more advantageous than disadvantageous.