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March 1

Foreign exchange student vs international student

So, international students are essentially college students who study abroad. Meanwhile, foreign exchange students are high school or college students who study abroad through an exchange program. So, what is a student who studies abroad in a private high school, not through an exchange program, because the parents are wealthy enough to send him/her overseas? 140.254.70.33 (talk) 21:56, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Still an International student, though the article fails to allow for secondary level education. Here's a link to my jurisdiction showing that it's still the same name. Mingmingla (talk) 01:39, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes the international secondary/high school students is a growing market nowadays, I think particularly in the developed English native world (i.e. NZ, Australia, UK, Ireland, Canada, US) as it is for the tertiary sector. E.g. [1] has some statistics for NZ suggesting 15k in 2015. [2] has some statistics from various countries. Nil Einne (talk) 10:21, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Often the implication is that an exchange student will only be studying for one year, and will be staying with a host family one of whose children is studying abroad for a year; while an international student is intending to pursue a full course of study leading to a degree (or other credential/qualification). AnonMoos (talk) 09:31, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What AnonMoos said. BTW, we do have a not that great article Student exchange program. Note that this will often also affect fees and costs. Depending on how the local education system (of where they're studing) is structured, an international student may find themselves paying significant fees because their education receives minimal or no funding from the government, unless they have some sort of scholarship. A foreign exchange student may only pay the fees, if any, of their local system perhaps along with some contribution to living costs (unless there are subsidised by someone, perhaps a scholarship) and travel other miscellaneous expenses. The exchange programme may also include various 'cultural enrichment' or other stuff intended to help the student gain stuff outside the curriculum of whatever they are studying. There will probably be some level of this for international students, but it may not be such an important component and may also be more focused on helping the student fit in since they may be there for quite a few years, sometimes even workign there. (Often the wealthy parents may not be so interested in the cultural exchange stuff anyway but would prefer their child to focus on what they are studying.) Nil Einne (talk) 09:36, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Technically, the term is a furriner. μηδείς (talk) 00:14, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]