Story Location: Australia
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Diving into World-Class Marine Research with Study Abroad in Australia
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I received the call around 4 p.m. on Sunday. After a day hunkered down in the library, slogging through a lengthy metagenomics assignment for my bioinformatics class, my brain is mush. I’m about to call it an early night when the ring tone I had set for this occasion frightens me into action. For the past week, I have been anxiously anticipating this moment, and now I’m in for one of the longest days of my…
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Packing for Success with Study Abroad
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Two days before I was bound to leave for Australia, I sat in my room with the contents of my entire closet around me. For the first time in years, I was incredibly uncertain about what was ahead and incredibly uncertain about what to pack to prepare for those uncertainties. Over the years, I’ve become…
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How Studying Abroad in Australia Gave Me a New Appreciation for Sharks
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Surrounded by deep-blue water for miles, the other seven snorkelers in my tour group and I stay completely still and wait. Through our diving masks, all eyes are trained on one spot in the water. I gasp underwater as I finally see it. Emerging out of the deep is the ocean’s biggest fish, a whale…
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Study Abroad Strategies: How to See Australia on a Budget
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Options for public transportation in Australia Coming to the University of Melbourne with IFSA, I knew I wanted to travel without spending hundreds of dollars. After researching transportation passes in Australia, I found three options: the Queensland Pass, the Queensland Coastal Pass, and the Discovery Pass. Since I was based in Melbourne, the Discovery Pass…
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Just Say ‘Yes!’
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Once upon a time (well, just three months ago), I was a shy, overly cautious girl my friends used to tease for being laser-focused on my career path. I meticulously planned my life around things that aligned with my interests, waving away anything that seemed even remotely off-topic. It was as if I had…
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Do It, Go Abroad
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Do it, go abroad. That’s what everybody I talked to about going abroad told me whenever I brought it up. No matter if they went themselves or if it was their biggest college regret, they all said it would be the time of my life and a unique experience. I am 100% happy I listened.…
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Five Habits I Picked Up In Sydney
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The past five months studying abroad in Sydney, Australia have been the time of my life. I am incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to explore new places, immerse myself in a new country, experience life as a student at a very different university to the small liberal arts college I was used to,…
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Sophia’s Study Abroad Experience
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Studying abroad with IFSA’s Griffith University Gold Coast Internship Program has been life changing. We’re housed in a beautiful apartment on the beach. We have a gym and a pool and can walk right out the front door and be on the beach. We’re also walking distance from everything to do in Surfer’s Paradise: including…
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The Inspiration Found Abroad
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My motivation was dwindling. The spark and aspiration I entered college with had become a dying flame, hardly reminiscent of its former self. I knew I wanted to work with video production ever since I was a freshman in high school. Hearing peers and classmates say they loved my work meant everything to me, and…
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Ten Must-See Places on Australia’s East Coast
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During my semester abroad in Sydney, I traveled to many places near the city and in New South Wales, and quickly I learned that the East Coast of Australia has many extraordinary places to visit. While I could easily name more than ten highlights, these stood out to me and my study abroad friends. From…
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