Category Stories: Alumni Reflections
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Studying Abroad…in China? It’s More Likely Than You Think
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“How can you be okay with living in a communist country?” “The language is so hard, how are you going to be able to find your way around?” “But it’s just so…different.” These are definitely the most common questions I heard after I told people I was going to study abroad in China. Based on…
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Finding a Home Away From My Greek House: Studying Abroad as a Student Involved in Greek Life
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As a freshman, I went through formal recruitment at the University of Mississippi and I have been very involved in my sorority since. I held positions on recruitment team and was involved in multiple committees. Other members in my sorority were very helpful and encouraging when I decided to study abroad, but it was also…
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3 Reasons Student-Athletes Should Go Abroad
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As a student-athlete, I was very nervous to study abroad. For the last four years, I have been a part of the Mount Holyoke College swim team as a distance freestyler. I love my team and I had fears that I wouldn’t be able to perform as well as I wanted to upon my return.…
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A Lesson Learned: Indigenous Studies Abroad
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How Embarrassing Myself in Front of my Class Changed my Life From a young age, I learned about Native Americans in school: where they lived, how they lived and what they looked like, but I never truly learned their complete history. In high school is when I began learning who Christopher Columbus really was and…
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Take the Plunge: Study Abroad as a STEM Student
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“Wouldn’t you rather graduate on time?” This is the question friends would ask me when I told them I wanted to study abroad. “In our major?” fellow Computer Science students would ask. I knew what I was getting myself into—or so I thought. I had the grades, I had the flexible academic window, and I was on…
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How I Made The Most of My Academics Abroad
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How I Made The Most of My Academics Abroad Decision to Study Abroad as a STEM Major One of the locations of my Marine Biology lab practicals. We went to Maroubra beach and collected data on the algae along the rocky shores. Studying abroad in college was something I knew that I wanted to experience.…
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Digital Story: Unexpected Home
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Unexpected Home “Seeing that I didn’t know anything about Prague or the Czech Republic I was preparing to feel homesick. However, this city unexpectedly contained components of home for me.” Karina A. | Film/Cinema Studies Major | Wellesley College | IFSA Summer in Prague | Spring 2019
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Navigating Race, Gender, Class, and Nationality in Buenos Aires
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Navigating Race, Gender, Class, and Nationality in Buenos Aires Intersectionality and Study Abroad During my time abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I became very aware of the importance of the intersectionalities of our identities. My identity as a black woman and an American from a low-income neighborhood really made my experience much different from my…
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IFSA Interview Series: Cinema in Argentina
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Coding Languages Are Standard, STEM Classes Are Not
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Preparing to Take STEM Classes Abroad I always knew I was interested in studying abroad after seeing my the wonderful experiences my sister and cousins had in various places around the world. When the anticipation of declaring a major began to loom during my sophomore year, I realized I had to start seriously considering how…
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