where do I go

[Alexos]

You def cannot do Europe for 1.5k... Airfaire to eastern europe should be about 1k? That leaves you 500$ for food/travel/visits/spending. Sure stuff there is cheap but traveling on that kind of budget will take some fun out of it.

You lie so hard. I did it.

With Travel Cuts, you can score a flight from New York to Paris for $200 round trip. TGV to wherever for $100 more. You just need an International Student Card.

Hostels for students are like $20/night per person.

Ok, maybe in 1995. Hostels price is correct though. Just sayin, even if its technically possible to "do it" within budget, you'll be missing out on a lot of things and not have as much fun.

Agree w/ South America or Mexico as a better choice