The readjustment period for any study abroad student can be challenging, and this is especially true for this semester’s participants. We imagine you and your student are feeling a wide …
reflection
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When I embarked on my study abroad journey to Viña del Mar, Chile, I was 19 years old and a very inexperienced traveler. I had only left the country one …
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6 weeks, 4 countries, 12 cities and numerous planes, trains, and automobiles later… I’m back home from across the pond! This experience sparked the wanderlust in me, let me tell …
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I grew up in the town I was born in. I know the city like a song stuck in my head, all familiar and memorized. It’s repetitive every day: the …
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There is no time to write in Paris. There are wrought-iron balconies, enormous pigeons, and lots and lots of dust, but there is no time to write. There is time …
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We caught up with Kelsey Bridwell, an AIFS alum and one of our 2018-19 Alumni Ambassadors, who spent a semester in Budapest, Hungary! Here’s what she had to say about …
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As I approach the end of my semester abroad, I’ve been reflecting on the entire experience and what I’m going to take away from it. Needless to say, there are …
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My alarm goes off at 7:00 a.m. and I roll out of bed. The sound of cars whizzing by on the highway next to my homestay has become the regular …
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As I fly over the Atlantic Ocean, hurtling towards the United States, it finally dawns on me that my semester abroad has come to an end. It didn’t hit me …