Category Stories: Student Athletes
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The Study Abroad Essentials: A Passport, A Frisbee and A Pair of Boxing Gloves
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Me, Myself and My Free Time One of the reasons that I chose IFSA’s program in Buenos Aires, as silly as it sounds, is because I knew that I could play ultimate frisbee there! I’ve been playing ultimate frisbee since I got to college, and did not want to compromise on that while studying abroad.…
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Discovering My Sexual Identity Abroad
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First Impressions When I first met the people in my study abroad program I was excited to get to know them since we all came from different schools, states, and backgrounds. I was on the Valparaíso, Chile program where I attended Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. As I became closer to a smaller group of…
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How to Maintain Your Fitness as a Student Athlete Abroad
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With rigorous practice, training, competition and team schedules, it might seem hard to find any room for academics and a social life, let alone studying abroad in another country. But believe it or not, there are ways to spend a semester abroad without impacting the opportunity you have been given to participate in a sport.…
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How Study Abroad Taught Me Time Management
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A year ago I embarked on the journey of a lifetime to Sydney, Australia. A place I had never been, with people I had never met, at an unbelievably large university. I didn’t exactly know what to expect from the city, my new roommates, or my new school. This was the epitome of being out…
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Balancing Sports and Study Abroad at Queen Mary
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As I connected to more students at Queen Mary I began to explore the ways students combine sports and study abroad. Whether on a team or just for fun, balancing sports and their academic workload was important. Queen Mary can be rigorous at times, but there are many students who manage to balance it with…
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GAA and Me: Looking Into Social Connections Through the Use of Sport
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When thinking about Ireland, the most common preconceptions are rolling greens hills, creamy black Guinness, and soaring gray rainclouds. However, one of the defining features of my Irish experience was the Gaelic Athletic Association (or GAA) and its tradition of Irish pride and cultural identity. By participating in GAA at Trinity College Dublin, I was…
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How I Managed Being a Student Athlete Abroad
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There is a common misconception that student athletes cannot study abroad. Being a student athlete has been an integral part of shaping my college experience, but I did not want this to inhibit me from going abroad. Being a student athlete did mean that I had some limitations as to which semester I could go…
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Advice for Getting Involved Abroad: As Told by A Temporary Kiwi
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Going to a foreign university in a foreign country can be really intimidating, especially when you start thinking about how to get integrated into student life. It’s hard when you don’t know anyone, everything is new, and you’re unsure of how you fit into the whole picture. I think the best way to get acclimated…
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Exploring Buenos Aires through Running
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Exploring Buenos Aires through Running From a young age, I have always been involved in athletics and was a two-year DIII athlete at my college. Hence, continuing to run while in Buenos Aires, Argentina was a given.During my time in Buenos Aires, I enrolled in a half-marathon and a 15k (9.32 mi) both for the…
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The Hurdles of Studying Abroad As A Student Athlete
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The Biggest Hurdle Studying abroad as a student athlete seems challenging as depending on the schedule of your specific sport, one semester of the year is spent actively in season and the other is typically spent training for that season. If you plan on playing your sport all four years of college, how can you…
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