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ACA students qualify for the International Student Exchange Card - ISE Card - an internationally recognized student ID for student discounts to cultural attractions, Eurail discounts, and more. You also get a calling card pre-loaded with 5 free minutes. For more information, please visit, www.isecard.com
In planning for an ACA experience, it is very important that students budget money for personal travel. Although the program will provide quite a number of guided tours depending on the international campus, most students find that they spend anywhere from $1,500 to $2,500 of their own money for laundry, food, personal articles, and travel during a year abroad. Students should budget at least $150 to $200 a month. Students taking less than $1,500 to $2,000 for spending money will find that they are extremely restricted in their ability to enjoy their time abroad. Personal travel is an important part of most ACA students' life, and so is personal hygiene.
One way of getting additional travel is to join campus music organizations, sports teams, or witnessing groups. Students in these groups will be given free travel because they will be doing public relations work for their international schools.
During scheduled vacations and breaks there is an additional charge for students who stay in their residence hall rooms on the campuses and who eat at the food services. This is the same as policies in North American colleges. Students need to take money to cover expenses for traveling away from the campus or for staying on campus during the holidays (except for Universidad Adventista del Plata and Villa Aurora where students can stay during the holidays without extra fees). However, students staying for the whole year at Sagunto College, Spain, will receive euro 350 for their personal travel around Europe (only if the enrollment is more than 26 students). International campus learning experiences are very carefully planned. Early departures and early examinations are very difficult if not impossible to arrange. Please look carefully at the calendars for each campus. Do not plan to arrive after the beginning dates or leave before the ending dates of terms and before the date of the year closing service, or to leave before or return after printed vacation dates. Students who have excessive unexcused absence days will have their grades penalized. Personal travel is not considered a legitimate excuse for a class absence. Teachers' heavier teaching loads do not make it easy for them to make special examinations and make special arrangements for their students. Please don't plan on asking for such privileges. Back to PREPARING TO TRAVEL |
