Benefits are definitely worth the difficulties you'll put up with. I went to Germany for a semester in college, and although the German red tape of getting a visa and getting enrolled in the university was enough to make me want to cry, I got out of the states, and got to see a different country and lifestyle. And I learned a lot of German, haha.
Anything that gets you out of your own country and lets you broaden your perspective is good.
Do the benefits of study abroad justify the difficulties? What advice would you offer to a prospective student
It definitely does! My advice would be to check if there are other programmes apart from the standard programmes your university offers. (e.g. work experience abroad)
The annoying thing about studying abroad sometimes is that you meet too many people speaking your language which keeps you from improving your foreign language skills and from experiencing the culture of the country you went to. Picking an exotic programme sometimes helps to prevent that.
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