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LIVESTUDYLEARN’S TOP THREE TIPS FOR STUDENT TIME MANAGEMENT
Follow me on Pinterest You’ve heard the saying that ‘Time is Money’. While that is true on its face, time is also about respect, value, and dedication. One of the key performance metrics you’ll be judged on, whether on campus or in the workplace, your ability to stay in sync with the clock matters. And assuming your main goal of attending university is to eventually get that diploma (Lord willing!) and becoming a productive member of society (please say yes!), time management is going to be critical for all future success. In this week’s installment of LiveStudyLearn’s Top Three Tips, we’ll look at my personal three favorite rules for student…
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LIVESTUDYLEARN’S TOP THREE TIPS FOR STAYING POSITIVE ON YOUR COLLEGE JOURNEY
For college students that practice positivity on the regular, I want you to keep the spirit of this mood alive during the tough times as you begin building your career because they will come, sometimes all at once. As someone who's several steps ahead of where you are now, but still figuring out how to be a beam of light in a dimmed world, here are three tips for creating staying positive on your college or university journey.
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3 Reasons Culture Immersion Will Enhance Your Study Abroad Experience
Follow me on Pinterest During your semester abroad, you’ll be faced with many important decisions like choosing between writing that term paper and taking a weekend city break with friends, fighting the study abroad ‘15’ and actually learning something you can tell grandma about when you get home. Among the things that you’ll place on the top of your list, cultural immersion should be one of them. Not only will it enhance your overall study abroad experience, but it will give you a personal appreciation for your home country as well. As an American in particular, this is often very hard – trust me, I’ve been there. We yanks are…
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A 2020 Virtual Study Abroad Experience | Is it Worth it?
Follow me on Pinterest In light of recent events, over the past few months, I’ve had many students reach out to me, asking for advice on what to do now that their study abroad plans have changed. There is no simple answer to this, so here’s the truth: The possibility that you will study abroad at any time for the remainder of 2020 is unlikely. In addition to mass cancellations of Maymester and Summer programs (a no-brainer), an increasing number of colleges and universities here in the United States and around the world are calling time early on all Fall/Autumn/Winter 2020 programs out of caution of a second wave of…
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High School Travel Programs | Know Your Options
Are you on the web searching for information on high school travel programs? Perfect! Keep reading. For decades, study abroad has been formally associated with college students who spend a semester away studying or interning overseas prior to graduation, high school travel programs have been emerging in popularity for several years and are anticipated to continue growing throughout the 2020s.
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Creating a Study Abroad Experience | Where to Start
The decision to embark on a study abroad program can bring on a range of emotions from excitement to full-on fear. While most students feel happy to start a new adventure and look forward to the experiences that will follow, there are many stages of the study abroad as a process that needs to be sorted out before you get to that point.
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My 2007 AIFS Internship Experience Part II | London Study Abroad
Follow me on Pinterest Welcome Back! Thanks so much for all the emails, retweets, and shares for Part I of this review. I am excited to see that many of you had already heard of this fantastic internship program (and that a few of you even felt encouraged to apply for future intakes! – Good Luck!). Also, an extra special thanks to AIFS for taking notice and featuring it on their blog last week. I am grateful and humbled. Photo Credit: Kimber’s Collection. As promised, this time, I’ll be completing my review by discussing my actual London internship program in more detail as well as offering feedback on certain elements which I believe could…