
Burim Shala
Meiji Academy
AlumniI have always been fascinated by Japanese culture, language, and the unique way of life in Japan. I wanted to improve my Japanese skills in an immersi...
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Alumni and staff share what it's really like to go abroad

Burim Shala
Meiji Academy
AlumniI have always been fascinated by Japanese culture, language, and the unique way of life in Japan. I wanted to improve my Japanese skills in an immersi...
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Alana Sanchez
Santa Barbara City College
AlumniEver since I was little, I knew I wanted to travel. Both of my parents traveled as a part of their jobs. I had always heard stories and seen photos of...
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Grace Conant
IES Abroad
AlumniI have always had a love and interest in travel abroad. Being a double major in Global Studies and Japanese, it was a no brainer for me with my Japane...
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Helena Raichartová
World Campus International, Inc.
AlumniI've always wanted to travel and experience different cultures. I like communicating with people and finding out more about any culture that is not my...
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Kate Lucas
IES Abroad
AlumniI've wanted to go abroad to Japan since I began studying the language in high school. I thought of it as the goal I was working toward, an adventure t...
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Ilyana Raymond
University Studies Abroad Consortium
AlumniI spoke to my academic adviser, and my majors at the time were Art and Art History. Because of this, she heavily encouraged me to study abroad. When I...
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Jacob Scarani
IES Abroad
AlumniI always wanted to study abroad even before I entered college as I wanted to see the world. My family was never wealthy enough to take me overseas so ...
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Yusi Wang
World Campus International, Inc.
AlumniI was inspired to go abroad to Japan because I wanted to explore the country that I have seen in my Japanese textbooks and heard about from my teacher...
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Sam Turcot
CIS Abroad
AlumniI have always wanted to go abroad and I love to travel. My parents have been supportive of my passions and they knew how much I wanted to go on this t...
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Betsy Colon
CIS Abroad
AlumniI had never traveled before and I was very interested in learning a new language. I thought going abroad would be the best way to achieve that!
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Maya Best
IES Abroad
AlumniI participated in a high school exchange program the summer after graduating high school and stayed with a host family for a week in Japan. That exper...
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Tatianna Banci
IES Abroad
AlumniI am an East Asian studies major and I really like learning languages. I believe that the only way you can truly become fluent in a foreign language i...
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Wim Naessens
World Campus International, Inc.
Alumni
Ashley Bell
IES Abroad
AlumniIt has always been a dream of mine to study abroad. I also am studying a language, so I decided to apply to go for an entire academic year to really i...
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Emma Rattenborg
Semester at Sea
AlumniAs a comparative cultural studies major, I felt that having a cross-cultural experience was perfect for me. Not only would I be able to sail to six co...
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Peta Waite
JaLS GROUP
AlumniAt the time I studied with Hokkaido Japanese Language School (
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