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Introducing the Spring 2023 IFSA Student Marketing Correspondents
January 17, 2023 Meet Our Newest Roving Reporters There’s no one better qualified to share the experiences of students in new lands than the students themselves. That’s why we’re thrilled to introduce you to our 15 Spring 2023 Student Marketing Correspondents. We look forward to hearing from this talented crew as they discover Argentina, Australia,…
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Spring 2024 Special Offers
December 1, 2023 IFSA program promotions are open to students planning to study abroad with IFSA for the Spring 2024 term. Cultural Connections Sweepstakes Win $500 for airfare plus a $500 cultural grant We’re helping 20 students fly to their Spring 2024 study abroad destinations—and soak up as much culture as they can. Go to…
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Keeping Current From Thousands of Miles Away
Writing for IFSA ‘s student blog as a First Generation Scholar has made my study abroad experience so unique and special. It has also made it a bit daunting. There are endless topics I could write about, well past 1000 words. There are also students out there just like me, first generation college kids with…
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How to Survive & Thrive Until Study Abroad Really Begins
My journey into study abroad was filled with many emotional highs and lows. It was like a novel; it had a beginning, middle and end. Everyone talked about the beginning and end, but where was the middle, the heart of the story? No one ever mentioned it, that time between acceptance and actually being abroad.Everyone…
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The Best of Two Continents – Cultivating Your Image Abroad
Never in my wildest childhood dreams did I think that I’d pull a Hannah Montana and get The Best of Both Worlds– or in my case, the best of two continents. I’m not quite sure what I expected when I went abroad. Part of me had grasped the concept of starting a new- sort of -life, but I hadn’t…
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Never Alone
If you had an opportunity for the experience of a lifetime, would you go alone? In my journey to go abroad, there were a few things I had to take into consideration: I had to find a great business school, I wanted to be able to compete a full swim season before I left, and…
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Why All Students In Greek Life Should Study Abroad
Studying abroad is often the best time of people’s lives, at least I know it was for me! Last February, I traveled to Sydney, Australia to study abroad at the University of New South Wales. While this was one of the most unique and exciting times of my life, I would be lying if I…
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The Hurdles of Studying Abroad As A Student Athlete
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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My Golden Internship: Why I Chose to Intern on the Gold Coast
There is so much pressure to graduate with work experience, yet barely any time. From the very first day of college, my professors have stressed the importance of internships. As a student who is involved in leadership positions in Greek life, the Honors College, and a professional organization, I barely have time to sleep, let…
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Study Abroad: The Neon Light on a Resume
Think Ahead to Create Opportunities to Enhance Resume Before leaving for Australia, I had a list full of items that I needed to pack, important papers I could not forget, and a bucket list full of activities that I HAD to do when arriving in the Gold Coast. I knew I wanted to see a…
