All you need is to get a plane ticket there...
and as long as you can have someone support you with like 400-500 a month, well you'll be living like a king over there.
I would just recommend taking out a loan. Like a 20-25 g loan for a year if that's how long you are going to study there.
10k for a semester if it's just a semester.
IT's ok if you go in debt, just file bankruptcy!
Things don't add up in the story.
Most schools have an International Office which provides students with assistance with study abroad. Why is the OP asking for $5,000? Most schools work with universities abroad to ensure that credits transfer correctly and to make it easier, students typically do not have to pay above their current school tuition to study abroad.....Unl
ess it is not through an approved school program. On the link, OP wrote that he is an international business major and is in his final year and will not graduate unless he goes abroad. How strange is it that he is waiting until senior year to complete this? Most students study abroad in their sophomore and junior year because they know there are certain courses that must be taken senior year. Then there's the question of how going to Thailand is even going to be beneficial to OP's major. He states that he needs to money in traveling to Hmong villages. What kind of business class will be going to visit Hmong villages in Thailand and why isn't that included in the tuition? Airfare (at least from LAX should also be included.)
This mostly sounds like a semester to learn more about Hmong people (based on what OP himself wrote). While there is nothing wrong with that, it's rather misleading if he says it's pertinent to his major.
More importantly, OP hasn't mentioned what he has done to try and make this semester happen. Has he applied for scholarships? Has he saved any money whatsoever (no matter how small the amount)? Is he doing any personal fundraising?
I don't want to sound judgmental, but I've studied abroad before, and I definitely did not need money on top of my tuition. I've seen others asking for money to study abroad or go abroad before, but usually they are also doing side fundraising whether it be a dinner party or selling eggrolls.