Story Location: New Zealand
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How being a first-generation college student pushed me to study abroad
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When the world was thirty-three years younger than it is now, my dad graduated high school with his head somewhere in the clouds, because that was the best place to find the kind of birds he was looking for. Gray ones, camo ones, with bodies that were built not grown, stomachs that guzzled gas not…
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Misinterpreting “Know the Climate of Your Host Country”
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How I Misinterpreted the Phrase “Know the Climate of Your Host Country” What I did (or didn’t do) before I went abroad I thought I was ready to go abroad. I had done my research on the climate there. I knew what to pack in order to be prepared for the weather differences, and I…
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What are Seasons? I’m From Hawaii!
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The first time I experienced seasons, I was 17 years old. My whole life up until my freshman year of college was spent on a tropical island where “cold” was 70 degrees Fahrenheit, leaves stayed attached to branches, and the sun never set earlier than 6PM. Nearly every day was a beach day. I started…
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Somewhere In the Rainbow: Celebrating Pride in Wellington
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It’s my first year of college, and I’m sitting on the floor in my room making friendship bracelets, because I never grew out of making friendship bracelets (and honestly, I probably never will). I can’t do anything too fancy, three colors being the maximum number of colors I can work with, but that’s perfect for…
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5 Tips on Making Wellington Wallet-Friendly
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[caption id="attachment_13013" align="alignright" width="225"] Making Wellington wallet-friendly.[/caption] For me, budgeting became a natural thing to do in college, ever since my first year. Being on my own made me realize just how much things could cost, especially if I wanted to become more independent and didn’t want to solely rely on my parents’ support. College…
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In A World of Possibilities, Why IFSA?
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Choosing IFSA: Why the Program Was Right for Me When it came time for me to choose how and where I wanted to study abroad, the possibilities were quite literally endless. My university allows students to study via a “Duke-In” program, an approved program, or you can petition for a specific program. The infinite options…
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How to Avoid Dairy (and Other Allergens) While Abroad
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As someone who can’t eat dairy, I worried about how this would affect my study abroad experience. I did not know how much control I would have over what I was eating. However, I found that during my my dietary restriction did not hold me back and I want to share some of the ways…
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Remembering the "Studying" Part of Studying Abroad
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Settling in When I first got off the plane in New Zealand I became overwhelmed with many different emotions – first of all I was tired and a bit disoriented from the 12 hour flight, I was incredibly excited to meet other students studying abroad and I was even a bit nervous to be in…
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How New Zealand Changed My Future Career
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STEM and study abroad: are they mutually exclusive? Ever since my first semester at Tulane, I can remember hearing about study abroad events. As an undeclared biomedical engineering major, I ignored the study abroad fliers passed around in my core classes, the invitations to attend seminars about studying abroad, and the presentations by liberal arts…
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You Are Stronger Than You Think: 5 Ways I Dealt with Grief While Abroad
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My biggest fear before heading to New Zealand was not being able to come home in case of an emergency because I would be about 8,000 miles away. Before going abroad, I had only ever lived about an hour away from my hometown. It was a far-fetched problem that remained in the back of my…
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