Look over the following lists of essential things to do. Read and pack before going abroad.

Safety & Travel Preparations

• Assess Health Condition
• Immunizations & Inoculations
• Review your health insurance policy
• Consider purchasing ISIC card
• Travel warnings
• Crime reports

• Review homeowner’s insurance
• Understand student visa regulations
• Understand travel visa regulations
• Passport requirements
• Local address of embassy/consulate

• Monitor local newspapers
• Monitor American newspapers

• Leave a copy of your itinerary with a parent
• Set a designated time to contact home

• Know the time difference
• Know the currency exchange
• Know the seasonal weather

• Vote - absentee ballot

• Taxes

Packing Checklist

• Luggage limits
• Seasonal clothing
• Toiletries

• Linens & towels
• Prescription medication
• Document health issues
• First aid kit
• Translated list of allergies
• Extra pair of eyeglasses

• Photocopies of documents
• Passport
• College ID
• Insurance card
• Roundtrip airlines ticket

• Guide Book www.letsgo.com
• Foreign language dictionary
• Study-abroad handbook

• Multiple forms of money
• Money belt

• Emergency contact information
• Travel agency contact information
• Addresses of friends & family
• Gifts for host family

Campus Errands

• Housing lottery
• Forward mail
• Change of address form
• Sign-Off on power of attorney
• Complete all financial aid contracts
• Document learning disabilities
• Course approval forms
• Course registration form
• Contact info for academic advisor
• Contact info for program advisor (abroad)
• Check the limit on your credit card

• Return library books
• Pay parking fines

• Yearbook photos for seniors