The Kaitu Guide to Studying Abroad
A calm, complete handbook for students and parents: choosing where to study, applying well and arriving ready
Everything a family needs to plan study abroad with confidence: how the main admissions systems work, a year-by-year timeline, essays, tests, interviews, finances without guesswork, visas, the first term and the parent's role, with checklists and worksheets throughout.
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- Format
- Typeset book · read online or print
- Contents
- 22 chapters
- Written by
- Kaitu consultants
What’s inside
- ·How to use this guide
- 01Why study abroad — and whether you should
- 02How the main systems differ
- 03Secondary and boarding schools abroad
- 04Building a balanced shortlist
- 05The timeline, year by year
- 06Tests and language requirements
- 07Personal statements and essays
- 08References and recommendations
- 09Interviews
- 10Portfolios and auditions
- 11Financial planning, without guesswork
- 12Offers, deposits and deferrals
- 13Student visas, in general terms
- 14Preparing to leave and the first term
- 15The parent's role
- 16Wellbeing
- 17Common mistakes
- 18Checklists
- 19Worksheets
- ·Glossary
- 20Next steps