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  • How I Learned to Trust My Path

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    How I Learned to Trust My Path

    “What are you going to do after you graduate?” This is one of the most dreaded questions a college student may ever hear. For many people this is an anxiety-inducing question, but for me it has always been an easy one. Since I was 13, I knew that I wanted to go into the medical…

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  • Special Mobility Series: Aussies Might Speak English, but their Uni is Like a Foreign Language

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    Special Mobility Series: Aussies Might Speak English, but their Uni is Like a Foreign Language

    I’ve struggled with academics as much as the next 21-year-old college student. This involves jumping between “I love this class—I’m glad I chose this path” and “I wonder what would happen if I just dropped out right now,” hopefully landing closer to the former. However, there are always a few added difficulties to deal with…

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  • 5 Tips to Keep the "Study" in Your Study Abroad

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    5 Tips to Keep the "Study" in Your Study Abroad

    People choose where they study abroad for many different reasons, but one of the threads that links everyone together is their desire to study in another country. There are many ways a person learns while studying abroad, but in the classroom is an important one. When I studied abroad at University College London in London, England, I…

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  • Engineers Abroad: 4 Tips to Make it Happen

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    Engineers Abroad: 4 Tips to Make it Happen

    For engineers, it can be difficult to study abroad. Many schools only want you to take engineering courses with their professors. Many courses have laboratory components that make it difficult to take equivalent courses elsewhere. However, I, as an engineering student at Cornell, was able to study abroad in Ireland during the spring semester of my…

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  • Alumni Advice: Don’t Let “Likes” Dominate Your Abroad Experience

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    Alumni Advice: Don’t Let “Likes” Dominate Your Abroad Experience

    Technology dominates our life. There’s no way to avoid it, but there is a way to manage it.  Technology can make studying abroad a lot easier. It allows you to easily connect with people at home and it makes navigating around a foreign city a lot easier. But technology, specifically social media, should not dictate…

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  • Feelin’ the Aussie Love

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    Feelin’ the Aussie Love

    Night is always my reflection and thinking time. And as I sit at Darling Harbor surrounded by my IFSA crew  and beautiful scenery I think back on the month that flew by. And though this is unfair to say to my home, I have fallen madly in love with this country. Or at least Sydney.…

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  • The Intern Life: Scottish Parliament

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    The Intern Life: Scottish Parliament

    6:45 – Wake up! I know it’s early, but get excited to start a new day at Parliament! 7:50 – Leave Robertson’s Close (your University of Edinburgh accommodation) and start your walk to Holyrood Feel free to stop in Holyrood cafe, Starbucks, Cafe Nero, or the Parliament cafeteria for breakfast along the way. (Tip: What we call ‘coffee’ Scots call…

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  • What’s On – A Digital Story

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    What’s On – A Digital Story

    “The English enthusiasm for theater is something I really wanted to put in my pocket and bring back to my hometown.”Angela did not expect to find such rich passion for the performing arts in London, but it further inspired her to study her calling of acting! https://www.youtube.com/embed/ag-BCckK5dg?feature=oembed Angela G. | Acting student | Illinois State…

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  • Outdoor Education: A Digital Story

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    Outdoor Education: A Digital Story

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/xXaiheBAaZ4?feature=oembed Hannah S. | Middlebury College | University of Sydney Partnership in Australia | 2013

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  • Katie’s Story: A Digital Story

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    Katie’s Story: A Digital Story

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/p1bN67BfldY?feature=oembed Katharine C. | Duke University | James Cook University Partnership, Cairns in Australia | 2012

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