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How I Learned to Trust My Path
“What are you going to do after you graduate?” This is one of the most dreaded questions a college student may ever hear. For many people this is an anxiety-inducing question, but for me it has always been an easy one. Since I was 13, I knew that I wanted to go into the medical…
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Special Mobility Series: How Moving to the Opposite Side of the World Changes You
The exact opposite side of the world from where I live is in the Indian Ocean, a little southwest of Australia. And I got pretty close.I wasn’t expecting many obvious differences when I got there, since Australians speak English and I assumed the culture was relatively similar to America’s. But there’s more to culture besides…
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Special Mobility Series: Aussies Might Speak English, but their Uni is Like a Foreign Language
I’ve struggled with academics as much as the next 21-year-old college student. This involves jumping between “I love this class—I’m glad I chose this path” and “I wonder what would happen if I just dropped out right now,” hopefully landing closer to the former. However, there are always a few added difficulties to deal with…
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Special Mobility Series: Why it’s Okay that Moving and Making Friends Never Gets Easier
Unlike most students, the decision to go abroad was chosen for me; Susquehanna University is one of a handful of schools in the United States that require every student to have some sort of study away experience. I did, however, get to choose where and for how long, and figured I should get out of…
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Special Mobility Series: 4 Tips on Traveling as a Student in a Powered Wheelchair
Special Mobility Series: 4 Tips on Traveling as a Student in a Powered Wheelchair Home / Student Stories / Special Mobility Series: 4 Tips on Traveling as a Student in a Powered Wheelchair My original thought—as a slightly naïve study abroad student in a powered wheelchair—was that I just needed to get myself to Perth and all my transportation…
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A Different Kind of Connection – A Digital Story
Sometimes memories exist only in your mind. But these memories can be equally remembered and cherished there. After losing her cell phone on the train in Australia, Emily discovered a new, more spontaneous way to connect to the world around her. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QaoDJlEChII?feature=oembed Emily E. | Psychology student | Skidmore College | University of Melbourne Partnership in…
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Special Mobility Series: Study Abroad Work Begins Even Before the First Plane Ride
One might imagine that you have less work cut out for you on a well-established study abroad program like IFSA-Butler than if you were planning it all on your own. And that’s probably true for most students—but I wasn’t expecting the challenges I encountered before even leaving American soil in my wheelchair. From classes to visas to…
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My Parents’ 4 Fears About Studying Down Under
“You want to study abroad? In Australia? But that’s so far away!”That was the reaction I received (followed by an awkward silence) when I first told my parents that I wanted to study abroad in Melbourne, Australia. At first, this response perplexed me. I couldn’t fathom why they weren’t immediately as elated as I was over the thought of me attending a school halfway around the…
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I’m Here! I’m Excited! I’m ready!
Kangaroos? Check. Koalas? Check. Vegemite? Regrettably, check. Now where is P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney??? (Come on, any Nemo fans out there?)That’s right! I’m in Sydney!!! I been here a little over a week and it still doesn’t feel completely real yet. It feels like I am just dreaming and any moment now I’m…
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Abroad in a Word
I asked my friends who made the bold and brave choice of studying abroad—in Paris, Budapest, London, Cape Town, Buenos Aires—how they would, in one word, describe their time abroad. This was a challenging task: condensing an eclectic experience, one that many of us are still processing, into one succinct word. The words were, as I…
