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If you're worried about rising tuition costs, if you're aware that speaking a foreign language and having international experience opens many doors, if you have given up hope that you can go on a study abroad program, don't dismay just yet.

In today's globalized world, what could be better than to have a global education? Just to get an idea, consider these facts about careers in the federal government:

• There is a growing demand for people with foreign language skills across the federal government.
• Since 9/11 the FBI has hired close to 1,000 linguists. It is projected that 274 new hires will occur in the next fiscal year.
• The National Security Agency (NSA) is aggressively recruiting and plans to hire 1,500 people a year, many of them language analysts, until 2010.
• Due to a the high demand of qualified linguists, the Pentagon is temporarily recruiting foreigners on work or student visas.

Also, according to jobmarketsuccess.com, speaking a foreign language has the following advantages:

• it shows mental agility and flexibility
• it shows dedication and tenacity
• it makes you a more culturally-aware and tolerant person
• it might be useful to you in your career

This website will open your --and your parent's-- eyes. You will find that going abroad as early as in junior high school is more affordable than you think.

We are not a study abroad program. Rather, we provide you with all the tools you need to put together your own program. We give you all the necessary information to apply to the universities that you like in the countries that you choose, as opposed to what's available in your university study abroad program.

By helping you in your research, we're already helping you immerse in a new culture, all by yourself. You will not be surrounded by a group of kids who speak your same language, eat peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches and go to McDonald's in Russia or Argentina. You will be surrounded by kids who speak the language you want to learn, immerse in their worlds, cultures and schools, and drink okroshka or eat dulce de leche. And by the time you come back, you will have learned more about the culture you immersed in than your peers who did the study abroad program, spending less than the equivalent of one year in a private college.

Don't be afraid of becoming an independent study abroad student.

We'll tell you how. You'll reap the benefits.

This multimedia project involves the following components:

Summary information and links to high schools and colleges abroad that accept international students, their requirements and costs (if any).

Information about scholarships, jobs, exchange programs, lodging and more.

Video testimonials of people who have studied abroad and how the experience has changed their lives.

A support network for both parents and students.

Tips on how to get credit for your international experience in USA colleges.

Referral to translation services needed to fill applications, understand and fulfill requirements, etc.