Story Location: Mexico
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Are You Ready to Embrace a New Culture?
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An essential aspect of having an open mind when interning abroad is being able to embrace the culture of the place you visit. In my case, adapting to Mexico was not a problem because I love its culture. Starting from how welcoming the Mexicans make you feel, the exotic and delicious food you can try,…
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How to Organize Independent Travel on a Budget
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Looking back on my semester abroad in M茅rida, Mexico, one of the things I鈥檓 most proud of and would recommend to anyone is to organize some trips by yourself to places you want to explore nearby. My travels to nearby towns and states were both unforgettable travel opportunities and a big area of personal growth…
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5 Ways to Get More From Study Abroad
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IFSA students share their game-changing advice for others heading off for new experiences. Start on the Right Foot 鈥淒on鈥檛 miss聽out on the orientation events that will be going on in the first days聽and聽weeks of the program,鈥 says Shane聽C., who studied at London鈥檚 University of Westminster. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a great way to learn some important information as…
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How Cheez Whiz in Mexico Helped Me Find My Path to Medical School
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鈥淐heez Whiz.鈥 鈥淨u茅?鈥 鈥淐heez Whiz!鈥 I flush from the combined efforts of interpreting the command, understanding what Cheez Whiz could possibly mean in this context, and the lack of air conditioning in the hospital. Soon I will start sweating, which will only cause the latex gloves to stick to my skin and fluster me more.…
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How Study Abroad Helped my Mental Health and Emotions
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Mental Health Back Home My emotions are something I鈥檝e struggled with a lot in the past. In particular, I feel this at my home university because at Colby I feel stressed and sometimes lonely. Being so far away from home at Colby is hard. I always miss my family and the comfort of Chicago: of…
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Exploring My Mexican Identity in M茅xico: Part II
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鈥淐uando la ire a ver?鈥 鈥淲hen will I see her again?鈥 my grandmother says with such despair as tears gather in her eyes. She鈥檚 holding my phone, looking at a photo of my mom. They haven鈥檛 seen each other, hugged each other, or held each other in 20 years. 鈥淣o, creo que ya no la…
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An Education Internship: Building Cross-Cultural Understanding
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Sandy beaches, bright sunshine, a frosty Coca Cola. This is the common conception of Mexico, and when I returned home after studying abroad, this is what many of my friends, family and peers asked me about: 鈥淗ow were the beaches?鈥 or 鈥淲as it warm all the time?鈥 While I did my fair share of traveling…
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Jumping Straight into the Deep End: Taking Classes Outside My Major and in My Second Language
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Prioritizing My Spanish Minor As a biology major in a science-intensive program with a Spanish minor on the side, I knew it was going to be difficult to find a study abroad program where I could pursue courses in both Spanish and bio. While there are certainly some incredible study abroad programs centered on biology, I…
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How Volunteering Abroad Changed Me
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Why Volunteer? Throughout my undergraduate career, my experiences that I have had outside the classroom have always been the most transformative. In fact, volunteering as an English literacy tutor in an elementary school near my high school five years ago was what got me interested in learning Spanish in the first place. Bringing learning outside…
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(Re)Finding Home – A Digital Story
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Home / Student Stories / (Re)Finding Home 鈥 A Digital Story For Sara, an Italian student completing her undergraduate degree in the United States, heading abroad again for a semester in Mexico allowed her to better understand all of her identities and the experiences and cultures that have shaped who she is. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-rQX-SW6vsM?feature=oembed Sara R. | Mount Holyoke College |…
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