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3 Major Benefits of Study Abroad for Generation Z
Follow me on Pinterest As an ambitious college student inching closer each year towards real “adulthood”, there’s no doubt you are probably looking for ways to set yourself apart, likely harder than ever. In an ever-evolving world that seems to have a new goalpost each day for what it means to be “qualified” to succeed, it is highly advised that you think of many different routes to distinguish and market your experience. This is where study abroad comes in. While students across the globe have been “studying abroad” for nearly 100 years, the popularity of gaining degree credits or full degrees in a foreign educational market has exploded since…
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Five Study Abroad Locations Off The Beaten Path
Follow me on Pinterest As you focus on your creating your study abroad adventure, location is a big part of the ultimate decision, and trust me, I know it’s a personal one. While there are many opportunities in traditional locations like the UK, France, Canada, and the Major City United States, it is important to remember that there’s a ‘Whole Big Wide Open World’ out there where you can have a memorable and unique study abroad experience. Here are five locations worth considering as you think about where to study abroad: Switzerland Home to one of my favorite cities of all time, Lucerne (the living snow globe during…
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8 Must-Have Apps for Your Study Abroad Semester Away
Follow me on Pinterest In this day and age, no matter what you need – ‘there’s an app for that!’. For busy study abroaders who are focusing on acing the next exam as well as life itself, apps are a godsend helping you save time, money, and energy on all of the key essentials from food shopping, school supplies, and even study break advice. Here are my 8 favorite apps all study abroad students should be using in 2020: For Studying & Scoring Higher… 1. StudyBlue Offering everything from flashcards to study guides, notes, and other educational guides, StudyBlue provides practical learning tools for students, getting you away from…
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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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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…
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My 2007 AIFS Internship Experience Part I | London Study Abroad
This week’s post has been a long time coming and I am excited to FINALLY share this with you. Over the next two weeks, I am going to be giving my full review on my 2007 London Study Abroad experience interning with the American Institute For Foreign Study, known to most as AIFS. Although it’s been several years since then, it’s never too late to give some credit where credit is due. This program was the starting point for many key events in my life and I often wonder how the decade would have turned out if I had not spent Autumn 2007 in London and if I had not…
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