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  • 3 Must-visit London Museums

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    3 Must-visit London Museums

    London has a lot of great museums. Since they have great educational value, and most of them are free, they will probably become your go-for activity if you decide to study in London. But with such a variety of museums, you might ask yourself which of them are worth your time. You might choose to…

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  • Digital Story: The Experiential Conservationist

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    Digital Story: The Experiential Conservationist

    “I started making an effort to try to capture the day-to-day, like walking in the park every Sunday. Moments we might otherwise let slip away after returning from studying abroad. Memories that would become endangered by time and our distance from London.” https://youtu.be/jptyYvR9_U8?si=q08sZjdb4KMuCDli Rowen Light-Wills is a English and Media Studies Major at Scripps College. She studied…

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  • Applying to Internships While Abroad

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    Applying to Internships While Abroad

    As a junior, it is expected that I will have an internship the summer before my senior year to prepare for life after college. However, I never anticipated I would be abroad when trying to apply for these jobs. I realized I would need to put in ten times as much effort as I would…

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  • What Makes Cambridge Unique?

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    What Makes Cambridge Unique?

    How Cambridge Changes My College Experience Most of us have heard about Cambridge at some point in our childhood: that it is one of the hardest universities to get in and only the most talented are admitted there. My decision to study abroad for a semester at Cambridge was partly informed by this childhood dream…

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  • Finding a Faith Community in a Secular Country

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    Finding a Faith Community in a Secular Country

    If you’re like me, you spend an awful lot of time worrying about the state of your immortal soul. And as a first-generation college student—at that, one whose parents had never left the country—it was a source of some anxiety for me, whether I’d be able to practice my religion to a sufficiently neurotic extent…

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  • How I Studied Abroad as an International Student

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    How I Studied Abroad as an International Student

    How I Studied Abroad as an International Student (and Why You Should Too) An International Student Abroad As a Colombian international student going to college in the US, I had several hesitations with regard to studying abroad. I almost discarded the possibility of going abroad thinking about all the arrangements that had to be made…

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  • Greek Life and Study Abroad: Why You Should Go for It!

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    Greek Life and Study Abroad: Why You Should Go for It!

    From a Small Sorority to a New School in a Big City  Best friends, big/little reveal, bid day, formals, mixers, Greek Week, Executive Board, apparel, philanthropy events… these are some of the best parts of being in a sorority. Leaving these behind for a semester or even a year can be a huge deterrent in…

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  • My Visa Process

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    My Visa Process

    When I first discovered I needed to apply for a Visa to study in England, I was underwhelmed. I figured this would be a simple process. I thought I would fill out a form, send some money, and my visa would be on the way. In a way it was as simple as this, but…

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  • My Homestay Experience Abroad

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    My Homestay Experience Abroad

    Once I had become acquainted with my new Glasgow surroundings after a week, I traveled to Shap in northern England through my IFSA program to stay with a local family in what was called a homestay. Many of my friends in other countries live permanently with a local family for their semesters abroad and raved…

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  • In-and-out: A Nigerian-American’s Exploratory Ethnic Immersion in London

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    In-and-out: A Nigerian-American’s Exploratory Ethnic Immersion in London

    When I departed for my semester abroad at King’s College London (KCL), I had a feeling that I would be diving into an ethnic experience that would be difficult to articulate. On one hand, I would be travelling to the UK through an American study abroad program, but I knew through research and conversations with…

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