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January 2020 by Philip Virtue
CSA is a legit company offering low cost, high quality academic study abroad programs worldwide. Check the website for current prices and dates. Much less expensive than most other program providers. Programs are non-profit, very affordable, and students earn academic credit. Check them out....before signing on to overly expensive programs offered by others. Review the useful information in the Resources and FAQs sections. Overall, CSA is a smarter way to study abroad and save a bundle. I am very glad I did!
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January 2020 by Michael Dunlop
CSA is legit. Since 1990, so they have been around for over 28 years. Non-profit programs at low prices. Check them out, and save $.
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December 2019 by John S.
Wow there's some tough reviews here! So I went ahead (without doing my due diligence by checking reviews I guess) and really had a very positive experience. I did 4 weeks over summer in Paris to do the International Business studies and improve my French and the program itself was truly amazing. A couple of things to note that I learned while I was there: there were others in my program who had paid a lot more than I did but they also got a great deal more hand holding throughout the process than I did. Fine by me though, I was happy with the DIY. Others went directly through the school and got zero assistance but it was a little cheaper. A few of those folks had issues along the way but again, fine by me as I was happy to get a little guidance but didn't need a lot. So yeah I can see where people's expectations may not be a good match as it can all be pretty tough to navigate all these study abroad options but my experience was pretty great. I can appreciate that others had pretty rough experiences so I figure I could at least provide some info on the other side, people tend to post when they're frustrated vs when happy. Also important to note that I emailed them one time and they replied straight away. Sounded like something that people had issues with. I never had to call though.
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May 2019 by Hendrik Ng
Finally I've found a great site about study abroad. It's been my dream to be able to study abroad to learn other nations culture and language. With CSA I have so many choices of schools/college around the world that suits me. Thanks to it's 20+ years of experience I finally be able to learn Thai language which is important to me, since my parents do a lot of businesses with Thailand people. CSA offer a very informative data so you wouldn't be confuse and if it isn't enough, you can always email or call their office to get the information you need. I personally non-US residence but I'm very happy with the service they gave me, from the moment I found the site, how I search for schools/college I want, payment also very easy and secure, until I arrived in Thailand and finished my study, it all can be arrange through CSA. I can assure you, if you want to study abroad there is no mistake to choose CSA as your partner.
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May 2019 by Halle Stern
I had completed a summer program at The Sorbonne years ago and thought it would be awesome go to back for a refresher for graduate school. CSA seemed perfect, so I reached out while on a fellowship in Nov to save a spot the following summer.
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May 2019 by Wayne Dow
As a parent of a student who is studying abroad there is always concern. To learn that the organization (CSA) who is responsible for her well being is so inept, reckless, and flat out incompetent is unacceptable.
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January 2019 by Hallie J.
I had completed a summer program at The Sorbonne 10 years ago and thought it would be awesome go to back for a refresher for graduate school. CSA seemed to offer cheap options so I reached out while on a fellowship in Nov to save a spot the following summer. I promptly received information on housing and how to contact the Sorbonne directly "due to a merger." I thought nothing of it and was extremely excited! I got my login a couple of days later- with about a hundred more login emails after due to an error in the online system. When I initially replied to ask about it, I got no response. I wrote it off as a bug and would deal with it later. When my fellowship ended, just recently, I reached out again to the woman I was told to reach out to in order to proceed. There had been so many login emails, I didn't know which one to use to log in. Turns out that your profile is deleted if you don't make your down payment in the first 30 days of enrollment, so the woman couldn't find me in the system. I would have to re-enroll (which I was ok with). Just to check though, I called the CSA office to ask about moving forward and got a hangup VM (no ability to leave a message) I left it alone and asked the woman how to proceed from there (thinking they had merged). The woman directed me to the Sorbonne website and while there, I found a Masters prep course that looked like it would fit my needs better. Unfortunately, there wasn't a lot of info online about it, so I asked if there was room and how to qualify for it. I got no response. A couple of days later, as I started to make plans for the appropriate visa, I asked again. No response. About a day after that, I found another program- of the same price- that fit my grad school requirement. It was incredibly easy to sign up and was done quickly and efficiently- which I liked. I promptly emailed what I now know as the Sorbonne Study Abroad office-to let them know I was withdrawing. At this point, I was frustrated that I still hadn't received a response. The woman replied immediately telling me she would take me out of the system, but I would need to contact CSA for the refund... so, no merger? I emailed CSA expressing my frustration (for literally having done nothing but take my money through this process) and asked for a refund for my deposit. I couldn't figure out why I wasn't getting a response and what the run-around was about. Then, I went online and found a second phone number to call the CSA office. After trying twice, I got through. the man on the other line screamed at me, talking in circles about what a small child I am for not "doing my homework" about the program, calling himself a father while I was a small child, and telling me that the woman at The Sorbonne didn't respond because my question was stupid, and that she had better things to do than make decisions for me. He then belittled me for not understanding that they were two completely different offices (so I guess the merger was a lie), and went on about how it's not his job to answer my questions. (Even though it is). He then yelled at me some more for reaching out to The Sorbonne and not him, (which I was told in the email to do) Then yelled at me again for reaching out to him and not The Sorbonne. He proceeded to gaslight me about my "behavior" over this process, and how he had worked "so hard" to send me the automated emails that were sent to link me to the Sorbonne study abroad office. (I run a digital marketing agency. Automation is not difficult) As I am writing this as he continues to email me to pick fights (I've had to ask him several times to stop emailing me. He won't.) All I wanted was information. I have to meet a language requirement for grad school and wanted to make sure I was in the right program to do so. Yes, I was frustrated. Every bit of the way with this has been bumpy. It shouldn't have been. Isn't that the point of going through an agency? This man is clearly hurting for cash and CSA is a s
