Story Location: Scotland
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My First Engineering Group Project in Scotland
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As an engineering student, group projects are a crucial part of the engineering curriculums. Collaboration and teamwork are major components to problem solving, the main job of an engineer. As such, I should have anticipated some sort of engineering group project assignment in one of my mechanical engineering classes at the University of Glasgow. The…
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From Part-Time Student to Full-Time Study Abroad
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Studying abroad makes you feel out of place. That is the whole point, right? When I arrived in Edinburgh, Scotland I was not only experiencing a new country and a new culture. For the first time in five years I was living with other college students, taking a full course load, and committing myself full-time…
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Community: Feeling at Home by Getting Involved While Abroad
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The task of getting involved in your local community, as well as your campus community can seem a bit daunting when you go abroad. I definitely had to do some adjusting of my own in my first month or so of my semester in Stirling, Scotland. After attending the IFSA orientation in Edinburgh and meeting…
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Why it is Essential to Live by Experiencing
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Step out of your comfort zone. Be Present. While abroad, I learned how important it is to live by experiencing – the importance of taking advantage of open time, doing something new every day, and overall taking advantage of where you are and this opportunity in life. While living in Edinburgh, my goal was to…
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Making the Best out of Academic Opportunities Abroad
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As an international student in the U.S. from Nepal, I found the transition to the culture in the States quite intriguing. I struggled to adjust to the social setting on campus for almost my entire first year. In contrast though, given the small liberal arts setting at Trinity, my academic transition to the new system…
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Home Away from Home
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Being a first-generation student in my family, and certainly the first to study abroad, my arrival in Scotland came with many mixed feelings of excitement, anxiety and pure displacement. After orientation in Edinburgh I was taken to my apartment, generously under the direction of the IFSA staff, who also gave me a wonderful initial tour…
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Interning with Parliament – A Digital Story
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“This internship made me want to be more engaged with the community that I was living in. This completely changed and enhanced the trajectory of my time in Scotland.”Madeline had the opportunity to participate in an internship at Parliament, inspiring her to explore the parts of Scotland many political members were passionate about. https://youtu.be/-PHm6XvwM0E Madeline…
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Coming Back Feels like Culture Shock Too
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Returning home from a semester abroad is a surprisingly difficult and uncomfortable task.You just spent 4 or 5 months living in a new country, with new people, having new experiences on a daily basis.Transitioning back to your home university and suddenly being back with people you haven’t seen in months is going to feel weird.…
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Communal Living Rooms – A Digital Story
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“I learned that amazing things happen when you open things up and go out and share with others.”What’s British pub culture all about? Bethany realizes that pubs are more than just a place to drink… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JbgpoU0Zjo Bethany C. | English student | Hamilton College | University of Edinburgh Partnership | Spring 2013
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From Scotland to Israel – A Digital Story
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“Scotland and Israel have both spent years trying to become what they are today, fighting for liberation in their respective spheres and will not stop anytime soon, so to ask them to be anything like the more tourist-responsive cities of Europe would be like asking them to forget everything they stand for.”Rikki Eble’s decision to…
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