
Fiona Dolan
The Intern Group
AlumniI’ve always been motivated by personal growth, and going abroad felt like the perfect opportunity to challenge myself. I wanted to build independence,...
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Fiona Dolan
The Intern Group
AlumniI’ve always been motivated by personal growth, and going abroad felt like the perfect opportunity to challenge myself. I wanted to build independence,...
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Hannah Peterson
Beyond Academy
AlumniI had studied abroad in London as a sophomore in college and was absolutely dying to go back as a graduate. But the thing that made me want to do an i...
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Francesca Menegon
Beyond Academy
AlumniI was originally supposed to study abroad in college, but sadly that was canceled due to the pandemic. After graduating, I knew I still wanted to expe...
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Meredith Wright
CAPA The Global Education Network
AlumniI have always wanted to study abroad, especially after my older sister studied and interned abroad in Brussels, Belgium. I am also a German major in a...
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Erin Sastre
CAPA The Global Education Network
AlumniI was inspired to go abroad by my mother. I had always known I wanted to study abroad, but I didn't think it was financially feasible. I have always b...
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Sarah Feinberg
CAPA The Global Education Network
AlumniWhat inspired me to go abroad was my desire for adventure and to see different cultures. I went to Italy in 2016 when my sister studied abroad there a...
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Candy Choi
Capital Placement
AlumniI had never really been away from Toronto ever since I was a kid, so I really wanted to live somewhere different, far from home and experience a diffe...
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Ellie Telander
CAPA The Global Education Network
AlumniI always knew I wanted to study abroad, even before I began college. Traveling abroad was something that was really important to me and I knew that I ...
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Jian Sun
Capital Placement
AlumniI was born and brought up in China and the wider world has always been of interest to me. The UK, in particular, has been somewhere that has always fa...
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Melody Marshall
CAPA The Global Education Network
AlumniI wanted to experience theatre and art in a different country and I have always been interested in travel. Many of my favorite plays, books, and movie...
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Emily Parker
(CLOSED) Global Experiences
AlumniI had previously been abroad for the first time in summer of 2017 with my university. I really felt that I needed to experience and see more abroad, a...
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Kelly DiCostanzo
(CLOSED) Global Experiences
AlumniEver since I started college, I had wanted to study abroad. It always seemed unattainable to me, for various reasons. Finally, in my final year at uni...
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Kayla Bartels
(CLOSED) Global Experiences
AlumniDuring my junior year of college I had studied abroad in Australia and that experience made me get the travel bug. I knew I wanted to live abroad agai...
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Carly Hamilton
CAPA The Global Education Network
AlumniI have always had a passion for travel, exploring new places, and meeting new people. Ever since college, I've felt a huge sense of independence and d...
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Ashley Roudebush
The Global Internship by We Find Group
AlumniTraveling has always been something that I wanted to do. I love learning about other cultures and world history, so I always wanted to explore as much...
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Madison Marino
The Global Internship by We Find Group
AlumniI have always wanted to go abroad but never had the opportunity. My original desire to go to London was because of One Direction and Harry Potter, but...
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Kelly Kilpatrick
The Global Internship by We Find Group
AlumniIn high school, I went to Spain for my junior spring break. I absolutely fell in love with traveling and seeing new places. I loved the culture and me...
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Lydia Johnson
CAPA The Global Education Network
AlumniMy grandmother and my mother inspired me to study abroad. Traveling to over a dozen countries (and countless cities!), she was always traveling and me...
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Alex Esposito
CAPA The Global Education Network
AlumniI knew I wanted to study abroad when I went away to college because I knew I wanted and needed an experience out of my comfort zone- one that would al...
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Morgan Hoover
IES Abroad
AlumniWhat was your favorite part about London?
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