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Many students study abroad in their time at Dartmouth, most on Foreign Study Programs or Language Study Abroad programs, but a smaller group takes advantage of exchange programs offered through the College that allows them to explore classes and social life at other institutions.
Unlike Dartmouth FSPs and LSAs, which send students on structured programs often taught by Dartmouth professors, exchange programs give students the freedom to explore different schools on their own.
"There is not a lot of hand-holding in an exchange, you pretty much know or should know what you're doing," said Joyce Kenison, Programs and Exchange Coordinator at the Off-Campus Programs Office.
"You don't know what to appreciate about Dartmouth and don't know what could be different about Dartmouth until you go to another college," said Ashley Satterfield '07, who spent a term with several other Dartmouth students at Spelman College, an all-black female college in Atlanta.
Currently there are approximately 20 "college exchanges" offered to Dartmouth students.