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From Foreign to Local: A Story of a Young Immigrant
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I met Jeannie at the University College London international students orientation. I was sitting on a bench in the UCL main building waiting for the twelve o鈥檆lock campus tour. Jeannie came up to me and asked if I was also going on the campus tour. I replied with an affirmative answer and we introduced ourselves.…
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Finding Your People: Making Friends Abroad
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I sometimes get asked if the University of Leeds 鈥渇eels huge鈥 compared to my home university. Though there are many things that are very noticeably larger鈥攅specially class sizes and number of courses offered鈥擨 always answer honestly that no, it does not feel very large. This, I think, is due to the fact that I managed to find a group…
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How to Stay Safe While Traveling Abroad
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I was like many of my friends who looked forward to studying abroad so much because I could have a chance to have freedom and live in a country on my own. The opportunities for traveling around and visiting other European cities also made me so excited. However, along with the excitement came our worry…
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Saying Goodbye to Study Abroad
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Home / Student Stories / Saying Goodbye to Study Abroad Two more weeks until the end of term, until I leave Oxford, leave England. Two more weeks before I pack my bags, deciding what to keep and what to throw away, torn receipts and ticket stubs, food wrappers and essay notes, all junk, all memories I want to hold…
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Romantic Relationships in England: My Observations
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There are many things that no one told me would be different in England: pancakes, apple juice, and lemonade to name a few. However, I didn鈥檛 realize how different developing romantic relationships would be. Before deciding to study abroad, I met and started dating an Englishman. This has made my experience here extremely special, and…
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Academic Support Services, My Experience in London
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I knew coming to a new country would involve a new culture, and I was prepared to live somewhere different from my own. However, while I thought about the people I would meet, the food I would eat, and the places I would go, the differences between a British university and my own weren鈥檛 exactly…
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What Oxford Students Should Expect from a Visit to the GP
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While in Oxford, you may require the attention of a doctor due to a minor accident or sudden illness, or you may need a new prescription of a medication you regularly take. Based on a survey sent to IFSA-Butler students in the UK, of the 37 participants that regularly take a prescription medicine, only about…
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5 Visa Application Tips for the UK
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My tension did not go away after I was accepted at University College London, I still had two last things left on my excessively long Study Abroad To-Do List: apply for a UK visa and apply for a Schengen visa. As a Chinese passport holder, I was required to have a UK Short-term study visa for my…
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Male Perspectives on Study Abroad
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I needed a little bit of help for this one. I recruited two of my new friends鈥攚ho are also studying at the University of Leeds鈥攖o lend me some perspective. I wanted to know a little more about what it鈥檚 like to study abroad as a man. Even before I knew the statistics, I noticed that…
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3 Tips to Save Money Living in London
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When I asked my friends who have studied abroad in London how they think of the city, many of them came up with the same word鈥攅xpensive. According to Expatistan, London is the 13th most expensive city in the world out of 218 cities and the most expensive city in the UK. Some of my friends…
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