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National Student Exchange:
Campus Selection Tips
Nearly 200 colleges and universities participate in National Student Exchange. Selecting the best campus for your personal and academic interests and needs is a challenging task. Allow yourself plenty of time to research the many school options. Take into account academic programs, location, travel expenses, and any other factors that are relevant to you. Here are some additional research tools:
- Read about each NSE school in the NSE Directory (available in 345 Fraser Hall, in the Career and Community Learning Center office).
- The Information for Students section of the NSE Web site provides general information about NSE, also specific information about every school that participates in NSE.
- Read past NSE student evaluations in 345 Fraser Hall.
- Explore the Web sites of the NSE schools that interest you.
- Talk with your academic advisor(s), parents, other family members, and friends about your exchange plans.
- Feel free to contact the NSE staff in 345 Fraser Hall (the Career and Community Learning Center) if you have questions or need additional advice.
Placement Statistics:
For more than two decades, 97% of all NSE applicants have been placed, with 83% of these placed at their first-choice school. The U of M's NSE Coordinator (in 345 Fraser Hall) has access to placement history and individual campus placement statistics to assist you in making campus selections that will provide the best probability of placement at your preferred schools. To improve your placement chances, select at least three schools. Assuming you meet the elibigility requirements.... Choosing at least one "open" campus on the payment plan on which you can participate will ensure a placement.
Choosing Back-Up Campuses:
Not every student will be placed at their first-choice campus. NSE schools determine the number of students they can accept based on a variety of factors:
- The exchange policies listed in the sidebar black box next to each school's entry in the NSE Directory. (Please see the sidebar black box definitions on page 20.) If a school is listed as "Even" or "1 to 1" in the sidebar black box, it is especially important to have a couple back-up choices. "Open" and "uneven" exchanges are easier to make.
- The number of students they are sending (under Plan A and Plan B) on exchange.
- The number of applicants they have from other schools.
- The school's "preferences" listed in the NSE Directory.
On the application form, you will be asked to list up to four schools that you are interested in going to on exchange. If your first-choice campus is not available, it will be necessary to have back-up choices identified in order to secure a placement for you. Please only select campuses to which you are willing to exchange to; do not list campuses that you have no interest in going to.
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