How are student selected to participate in an HPU student exchange program?
Basically, the process involves self-analysis of goals, an interview to establish eligibility and the completion of HPU and host school application documents. Self-analysis means you need to be clear in your own mind what a student exchange program is. It is not simply a travel opportunity to reside abroad for a period of time; it is an academic program designed to complement and enhance your HPU academic experience. In evaluating your desire to study abroad, you need to access your own current academic potential to be assured that you can academically succeed in challenging class work taken in a foreign environment. Do you have at least a B average at HPU? Can you adapt to the rigors of studying in a system with challenging expectations and different standards from what you are used to at HPU? If you are going to study in a foreign country where English is not widely used do you have sufficient language skills or confidence to enable you to conquer linguistic hurdles? Are you mature a