How Study Abroad Will Help You Get Into Harvard

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Highlighting how study abroad can help you get into your first choice school. The advantages of earning university credit while a high school student, the added foreign language fluency, and the opportunity to write about your experiences abroad in an interesting college admissions essay. Studying abroad could be the factor that makes the difference. What a fun way to boost your college application! Read More

5 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Study Abroad Program

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Important questions to ask before selecting a study abroad program for this summer. Our programs include chaperones who are instructed to speak only in the target language, a native Local Leader, opportunities to speak with local young people, and a week living with a volunteer host family without structured daily group activities. When you ask the right questions, you will see ECI offers a unique language learning opportunity. Read More

Fantastic Student Feedback

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How can you tell if a high school study abroad program is the right one for you? You can’t go wrong by listening to the glowing feedback of students who were past participants on the program. Find out what our students have to stay about ECI’s study abroad programs. Get immersed in the culture and improve your language skills. Read More

What makes ECI programs different—and truly life-changing?

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Get to know what makes ECI’s high school summer study abroad programs different than the average program. In addition to all the highlights you’d expect, ECI features key components like our True Immersion Week with volunteer host families. Our high school study abroad summer programs are truly life-changing. Read More

What do parents expect of a high school study abroad program?

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ECI co-director Marie Harris shares feedback from parents of our 2011 high school study abroad students on how well ECI met their expectations. Our high-quality programs consistently exceed their goals. Read on to learn more about what makes ECI unique among summer study abroad programs. Our students are immersed in a different culture. Read More

How we choose our Local Leaders

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How do we at ECI choose Spanish & French local leaders for our high school study abroad trips? What are we looking for? Meeting a list of basic criteria is not enough; each Local Leader needs to be highly qualified, impeccably organized, a friendly authority, possess excellent local knowledge, great energy, and will only speak in the target language. Read More

Our Language Partners & Caves of Nerja

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New blog update from Trip Leader Anne Johnson from Nerja. The group enjoyed an educational activity speaking Spanish with local Language Partners where they tasted traditional tapas around town. The group also explored the beautiful Las Cuevas de Nerja, or Caves of Nerja, a popular local attraction to visit. Read More

Visiting Golden Gate Bridge & Berkeley

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Update on the ECI group’s experiences in California for their second week abroad from the French and German trip leaders. The students enjoyed a tour of the University of California, Berkeley campus. The group also took a bus tour of San Francisco that included a stop for photos at the famous Golden Gate Bridge. Read More

A beautiful view from the mountain

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Trip leader, Anne Johnson, shares an update on the Nerja group’s visit to the beautiful town of Frigiliana. The amazing panoramic views of the ocean and the lovely town with iconic white walls and blue doors made for a very picturesque excursion. They even made friends and took photos with friendly locals! Read More

Studying Abroad in California!

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Initial blog post from our ECI August group Trip leaders. They share updates about the first week the group has spent in California. For parents back home, the updates have been written in both German and French. The students are enjoying their time in California! We will have new updates and more photos to share soon. Read More