Every year, thousands of students sit across from a counsellor, phone in hand and a cousin's Toronto Instagram story on the screen, and ask that awkward question: “Is this really worth it?” Well, the truth of the matter is that studying abroad can be a very rewarding experience, yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. A whole mythology has developed across the family WhatsApp, the YouTube vloggers, and the half-truths that are passed on from a “friend of a friend” about