Reasons to try NSE
The National Student Exchange (NSE) provides opportunities for you, as an undergraduate, to study for up to one calendar year at another NSE member college or university. With over 200 colleges and universities from which to choose, you should be able to find a campus with just the right combination of courses, facilities, and environment to meet your personal and academic needs and interests. Spending time at another campus, will allow you to grow academically and personally, you will develop a greater appreciation for the different regions, cultures, and people. As you consider the possibilities, notice that NSE extends beyond the borders of the United States to include U.S. territories as well as some Canadian provinces. Students participate in order to:
- Broaden personal and educational perspectives
- Explore and appreciate new cultures
- Widen university boundaries
- Take courses not offered at the home campus
- Learn from different professors
- Access courses with different perspectives
- Explore new areas of study
- Experience personal growth
- Break out of their comfort zones
- Live in a different geographic area
- Acquire life skills
- Investigate graduate or professional schools
- Look for future employment opportunities
- Become more independent and resourceful
If you qualify for participation, having a 3.0 cumulative GPA and one-year of university work, you will join the more than 85,000 students who have been placed in life-changing exchange situations which challenged their thinking, expanded their educational, personal experiences, and encouraged them to take risks and reap the rewards of doing so.
