Category Stories: STEM
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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 [caption id="attachment_14821" align="alignright" width="225"] 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.[/caption] Studying abroad in college was something I knew that…
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3 Things I’ve Learned About Engineering in Scotland
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1. Picking Your Courses When I initially planned my course schedule for my semester abroad, the options for engineering classes seemed endless. Because of the strict engineering major track outlined by my home university, I knew I needed to take specific courses to fulfill my major while abroad, two of which were engineering electives. Upon…
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What Dublin Taught me about Studying Abroad as an Engineering Major
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When I started thinking about studying abroad, I didn’t have much hope that I would be able to make it work out with my class schedule. My university has strict requirements for classes I need to take each semester as a civil engineering major, and I was the only one from my year in my…
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My First Engineering Group Project in Scotland
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As an engineering student, group projects are a crucial part of the engineering curriculums. Collaboration and teamwork are major components to problem solving, the main job of an engineer. As such, I should have anticipated some sort of engineering group project assignment in one of my mechanical engineering classes at the University of Glasgow. The…
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Myth Busters: Study Abroad Edition
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Myth Busters: Study Abroad Edition You may think you know what it takes to be able to study abroad during your undergraduate college career. You may also think you know that studying abroad isn’t possible for you. You may be wrong. I chose Franklin & Marshall College for two reasons: the research opportunities and the…
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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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Jumping Straight into the Deep End: Taking Classes Outside My Major and in My Second Language
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Prioritizing My Spanish Minor As a biology major in a science-intensive program with a Spanish minor on the side, I knew it was going to be difficult to find a study abroad program where I could pursue courses in both Spanish and bio. While there are certainly some incredible study abroad programs centered on biology,…
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IFSA Interview Series: STEM at Oxford
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“I feel like there should be a MythBusters episode on the notion of Cambridge being better at sciences and Oxford being more humanities oriented. I can speak at least for chemistry that Oxford has a really academically excellent and rigorous program. They also a lot of math and science clubs where once can find their…
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How I’m Surviving 2 Sciences in the UK
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A lecture at Queen Mary University Of London. I have been abroad for nearly two months now and finally feel like I am surviving 2 sciences in the UK! I arrived thinking I would be taking three science courses—Physiology, Basic Biochemistry, and Electric & Magnetic Fields—and one drama course. An overlap in my timetable required…
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How New Zealand Changed My Future Career
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STEM and study abroad: are they mutually exclusive? Ever since my first semester at Tulane, I can remember hearing about study abroad events. As an undeclared biomedical engineering major, I ignored the study abroad fliers passed around in my core classes, the invitations to attend seminars about studying abroad, and the presentations by liberal arts…
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