
Elise Monroe
Academic Programs Abroad (APA)
AlumniI was always determined to study abroad because of the stories my dad told me about his own time living overseas. He once spoke French fluently, and I...
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Alumni and staff share what it's really like to go abroad

Elise Monroe
Academic Programs Abroad (APA)
AlumniI was always determined to study abroad because of the stories my dad told me about his own time living overseas. He once spoke French fluently, and I...
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Virginia Kim
Academic Programs International
AlumniMy twin sons had an interest in fashion and were applying to colleges. We felt that the API program would support and grow that interest. After resear...
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Katelyn Karwick
WorldStrides
AlumniIf I’m entirely honest, one day I just decided to. I don’t know if it was some post I saw or something that reminded me of it, but I was determined ev...
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Clara Prado
The American University of Paris
AlumniI’ve always wanted to go abroad. My favorite book in childhood had a character that said:
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Saron Tedla
IES Abroad
AlumniGoing to France and traveling around in Europe has always been something I have wanted to do, but I thought of it as something I would do much later i...
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Austin Nikirk
IES Abroad
AlumniI decided to go abroad because I really wanted to hone my language skills, and get out of the bubble that is my small college's campus for at least a ...
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Gemma Gonzalez
CEA
AlumniI began to develop an interest in Paris, France when I started learning French a few years before studying abroad. I spoke an advanced level of the la...
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Quinton Schunk
CEA
AlumniI always knew I wanted to go abroad, but seeing other kids abroad and seeing their amazing experiences really pushed me to apply.
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Meghan Harrington
CEA
AlumniBoth my parents did their fair share of traveling in their youth and always encouraged my brothers and I to as well. Traveling outside of the country ...
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Shannon Egan
CEA
AlumniHonestly, I fully believe my interest in studying abroad started when I was really young. I was swooned by every Eiffel Tower photo I ever saw, chose ...
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Stephanie M
Academic Programs International
AlumniBeing a French major, going abroad was a requirement put forth by my university. However for me, there was so much more that inspired me to want to go...
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Ian Schwenke
AIFS Abroad
AlumniA love for travelling, and my French major.
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Erin Steward
IES Abroad
AlumniI was inspired to go abroad for several reasons. The first was, quite frankly, I had to. Luther College (where I go to school) requires that language ...
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Elizabeth Timberlake
Institute for American Universities (IAU)
AlumniI was inspired to go abroad by an earnest desire to experience other cultures and expose myself to people who don't think, act, or look like me. I hav...
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Pilar Martinez
AIFS Abroad
Alumni
Ariel Dunay
CEA
AlumniStudying abroad was always something I wanted to do in college, but was never sure of where to go or what to study. I had been studying French for yea...
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Mackenzie Luttinen
CEA
AlumniI wanted to expand my worldview. A lot of my friends and family kept on telling me that Europe had the same kind of culture as the United States, and ...
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Andrew Cooney
SAI Programs
AlumniI knew going into college that I wanted to study abroad. My first time abroad was in Paris when I was nine. My family went for two weeks over Christma...
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Karisa Desjardins
CEA
AlumniDuring my junior year of high school our language classes took a week tour of Madrid, Barcelona, and Paris. I had always thought of Paris romantically...
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Olivia Bolek
IES Abroad
AlumniI loved that Nantes is not a touristy city. I really got a good sense of French life and was forced to use and practice my French, which is exactly wh...
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