Category Stories: Academics
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England, Exams, Mental Health, and Me
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In England, most classes are assessed by a single exam. That kind of high intensity situation can be very stressful for a neurotypical person; for those with anxiety like me, it can be terrifying. And yet, even knowing this, I chose to study abroad here, and so can you. Part of the reason I chose…
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STEM Majors Abroad — Making it Happen
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Students who major in STEM fields are much less likely to study abroad than their classmates in other departments. For this post I interviewed fellow IFSA-Butler students on the Argentine Universities Program who are STEM majors to discuss the unique challenges they faced before going abroad, what their academic experiences have been like since arriving, and how…
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Why I Chose to Study Outside of London
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“You’re studying in Leeds? What made you choose that?” I can’t tell you how many times I heard people say that before I got here in January. I think because most students choose to study abroad in London if they come to England. People assume that it’s the only city. That idea couldn’t be more…
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Finding Your People: Making Friends Abroad
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I sometimes get asked if the University of Leeds “feels huge” compared to my home university. Though there are many things that are very noticeably larger—especially class sizes and number of courses offered—I always answer honestly that no, it does not feel very large. This, I think, is due to the fact that I managed to find a group…
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How You Can Do Directed Research Abroad
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I’ve been learning Spanish for practically all my life, so IFSA-Butler’s Argentine Universities Program (AUP) was a natural choice for study away. In addition, I was looking for a research aspect that would help prepare me for research in my academic future. For these two reasons, I signed up for the IFSA-Butler Directed Research Concentration in AUP. This post…
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Academic Support Services, My Experience in London
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I knew coming to a new country would involve a new culture, and I was prepared to live somewhere different from my own. However, while I thought about the people I would meet, the food I would eat, and the places I would go, the differences between a British university and my own weren’t exactly…
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How to Get Involved in Theatre at the University of Edinburgh
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Edinburgh is well known for the performing arts. Every summer, it hosts the Fringe Festival, one of the world’s largest gatherings for music, theatre, dance and comedy. Although Fringe 2016 has already passed, my tutorial instructor for my History of Edinburgh course told us during our tour of the Royal Mile that his favorite game…
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Science: It’s Even Cooler Abroad – A Digital Story
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I never imagined collecting spiders or digging for insects could make me so excited about not only an environment but also the basic ecology that was going on inside it. Rather than spend her whole semester studying in a classroom, Hannah’s biology class studied on Fraser Island, the only place in the world where rainforest…
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(En)roll with the Punches: A Guide to Australian Academia
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I’m a worrier. If you haven’t noticed based on my previous posts, “stress” is practically my middle name. In the weeks before leaving for the University of Melbourne I freaked out—as I usually do—about almost everything. Funnily enough, though, the one thing that didn’t worry me was the actual “study” part of studying abroad. All my life I’ve been the kid who enjoys…
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Studying While Abroad – A Digital Story
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I never would have expected that some of my greatest memories while in Australia would’ve come from the study part of study abroad. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kuCj4HZChDA?feature=oembed Lexi K. | Creative Writing student | University of Redlands | University of Queensland Partnership in Brisbane, Australia | 2015
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