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5 Budgeting Musts for Your First Week in London
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London is known as one of the most expensive cities in the world, and coming abroad for the first time can leave you feeling major sticker shock! Especially because the pound to dollar exchange rate is only £0.75 for $1. The best option is to come with a few pounds already in your pocket and…
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Men are the Minority— Why Men Aren’t Studying Abroad
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In popular discourse, men have historically not been part of the minority dialogue – except, of course, when they are being asked to check their patriarchal majority privileges. However, in the realm of study abroad, men can finally claim minority status as they are vastly outnumbered by their female counterparts. To understand more, I asked…
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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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Queer Tango: Being LGBTQ+ in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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When I was researching study away programs and locations, one of the biggest factors was safety. There are many places in the world where it is not safe for LGBTQ+ individuals to live openly, and I was not prepared to go back into the closet for a semester. From the research I had done before,…
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4 Things About London That I Miss The Most
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I didn’t realize how long I had been away until my neighbors said to me “You are finally back!”. My five months abroad felt like only five weeks. Although I was quite excited about going home and seeing my family and friends, I still hoped I could have another five months. London is a city…
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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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What is it Like Studying Abroad While Studying Abroad?
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Exploring Racial and Ethnic Identity as an International Student Studying Abroad Studying abroad can be a very exciting, yet daunting experience. I’ve always had wanderlust and thus knew I had to study abroad. As a British international student pursuing an undergraduate degree for the last three years in the United States, I knew that was…
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A Guide to Friends, Travel, and Going Back Home
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Studying abroad is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a first generation student. The process starts when you decide you want to study abroad and there are a whole heap of new experiences that come with your decision to study in another country. You’ll be around a bunch of new people, you’ll want to…
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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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Heritage Speakers in the Land of Porteños
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While many IFSA-Butler students in Buenos Aires learned Spanish in schools, a good number have been speaking it as a heritage or native language. I wanted to find out what it’s like as a native or heritage Spanish speaker on IFSA-Butler’s Argentine Universities Program, so I talked to my classmates about their experiences. The following are excerpts…