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Billing, Payments, and Refunds
Payment Information Make a Payment You can make a payment online via the IFSA Student Portal or send a check through the mail. Pay through the IFSA Student Portal Enter the amount you wish to pay in the box under Make Payment Click the Pay Now button This will take you to our provider site Follow the…
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Abroad in Ireland as a Transgender Student: A Journey of Self-Love
The week before I traveled abroad, I pored over my packing list, staring at the crumpled piece of paper until my eyes hurt. I was certain I would forget something crucial, that I would be the only one without it. Medication to last me through December? Check, I reassured myself for the hundredth time. Wool socks?…
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Celiac Disease Abroad
One of the best parts of traveling anywhere is tasting new flavors of local food and drink. Our human need to eat and gather around meals manifests in diverse, beautiful and interesting ways all over the globe. Yet while the connections gained around cooking and sharing meals are vital aspects of a cultural experience, they…
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Mooncakes and Macaroni & Cheese: A Chinese-American in Ireland
At the beginning of my study abroad experience, if you told me I would cook macaroni and cheese four times in two weeks, I would have thought you were joking. But then it happened, in Ireland of all places. I, a Chinese-American girl, was requested to cook this dish for my German housemates and their…
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Public Transportation: Your New Best Friend in Ireland and Beyond
Intercity buses: Crowded, right? And noisy, and dirty, and downright strange sometimes?Wrong.Dear hesitant American student:I’ve been where you are, I promise: anxiously looking up tour buses, figuring out where you can go from your host city, and weighing it against costs of groceries and mail home, and everything else. I know it’s easy to see…
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The Long-Term Benefits of Studying Abroad
It doesn’t take a brain surgeon or a rocket scientist to figure out the short-term benefits of studying abroad. You get to spend a semester traveling the globe, eating exotic food, meeting interesting people, and immersing yourself in a different culture. You’ll have enough stories to last you all year, enough pictures to cover every…
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Queen’s University Belfast Partnership
A member of the distinguished Russell group, Queen’s University Belfast is respected for academic and research prowess and its entrepreneurial point of view. All business programs are AASCB accredited and the university ranked as a leading institution in matters of sustainability with cutting edge research in climate science. You will also have the opportunity to…
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Studying Abroad: A Time to Switch Things Up
Going abroad is a funny thing: you are introduced to brand new people in a brand new country but it is the best couple of months you could ever imagine. When I first stepped on the plane to go to Dublin, Ireland I felt what seem to be every typical emotion of someone who is…
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Unpacking the Gifts of Study Abroad in Ireland
As I pack up my dorm room and take one last walk through Galway, I’m reflecting on more than just the items I’m cramming into my suitcase. This journey has left me with something intangible that will outlast souvenirs and photos. I thought the hardest part would be saying goodbye to Ireland, but in truth,…
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Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mental Health Issues Abroad
“Wherever you go, there you are.” As someone with a host of mental health issues resulting from a past I’d do anything to forget, these words have always been a reminder that no matter how far I travel, I’ll never be able to escape myself and my history. But as I reflect on the challenges and…
