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It is widely held that studying overseas confers a lasting advantage on graduates, although others contend that comparable gains are available without leaving home. This essay will consider both positions before arguing that the decisive factor is not location but the degree of independence a student is forced into. Those who favour studying abroad point above all to immersion. A student living in a second language uses it for rent negotiations and doctor's appointments, not only for seminars, and this everyday pressure produces a fluency that classroom hours rarely match. Exposure to a different academic culture matters as well: being expected to challenge a lecturer, rather than transcribe one, reshapes how a student handles evidence. The opposing view has become considerably stronger over the last decade. International curricula are now taught in many domestic universities, and online platforms give students at home access to the same lectures and journals as their peers overseas. Given that a year abroad can cost several times a domestic degree, it is reasonable to ask whether the additional expense buys anything that determination could not. In my view, however, this comparison overlooks what actually changes a student. What distinguishes the graduates I have seen benefit most is not the syllabus they followed but the fact that nobody was available to solve their problems for them. Studying abroad delivers that condition automatically, whereas achieving it at home requires a deliberate effort that most students never make. The advantage is therefore real, but it is an advantage of circumstance rather than of institution.