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Money Moves: A Guide to Budgeting While Studying Abroad

Many people believe that studying abroad could be out of their budget, and financially unattainable for them, which it can be, but, if you play it smart, you can do it without breaking the bank! I am a testament of the possibility when I didn’t think…

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Unpopular Opinion: I Don’t Like the Beach

I’ve traveled to many beaches in my lifetime from the east coast to the west coast in the U.S. with my family. These trips have consisted of 8-hour road trips (or longer), spilled drinks on the car floor, fresh fruit my mom packs for a healthy snack,…

Giselle Rivera

Ireland/Northern Ireland

Moving Outward: Sprinting and Smiling

I picture life as a collection of never-ending concentric circles. Each circle representing a new comfort zone that is designed to be left behind. Where daily challenges are simply opportunities to journey closer towards that outermost circle.  Coming…

Hannah Jane Zalewski

England/Wales

A Tale of Two Orientations

When I entered college in 2020, my home university was restricted from having a proper, in-person orientation. I will always commend our administration for putting safety above the fun, typical college freshman experience; however, I quickly learned that…

Rebecca Perlmutter

New Zealand

Mid-Semester Break?

Let me start off by saying that last time, I spent way too much time talking about the school aspect of study abroad and not enough time talking about the traveling aspect. If traveling is the aspect you were looking for in my blogs, this is the read…

Andrew Esber

England/Wales

Life After Cambridge

So you’ve just returned home from an amazing, once in a lifetime study abroad program; now what? The dust has settled from the craze of submitting exams, packing your belongings, and making it back across the ocean in one piece. The next few weeks can…

Janelle D'Avignon

England/Wales

What Cambridge Meant to Me

There have been two important realizations made from my time in Cambridge. First, this world is a lot bigger than what I knew, and a lot more beautiful. Now, I know that might sound silly or a bit obvious, but it’s not something many people are able to…

Janelle D'Avignon

New Zealand

Am I a Student or a Tourist?

Well this is it, Study Abroad. The experience that walks a balance beam between my education and the vacation of a lifetime. The overarching challenge of the adventure is finding a way to balance fun and responsibilities at the same time. It seemed like…

Andrew Esber

Ireland/Northern Ireland

Hiking in the Dublin Mountains

Of all the places I’ve been to in Ireland, I think my favorite place is Howth, which is a peninsula that has  tons of trails, all of which can be accessed by riding the DART train for 30 minutes from Dublin’s city center. The trails in Howth, nestled…

Matthew Elmore Merritt

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