Story Location: Australia
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Embracing My Sexuality in Melbourne
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Before I left home to study abroad in Melbourne, my friends who had previously studied in other countries told me about how their experiences鈥攑articularly those outside the classroom鈥攃hanged them. Going abroad altered their perspectives, boosted their self-esteem, and helped them unearth deeper parts of themselves. 鈥淵ou鈥檒l be a brand new you when you come home,鈥 one said. 鈥淲ell, not brand…
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Take a Solo Trip, I Dare You
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Being in a new country brings along new food, friends and adventures. While it is exciting, it can be scary too, and it鈥檚 easy to try to slip back into your comfort zone. This is exactly what I found myself doing, and I realized that something needed to be done about it. So, I decided…
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(En)roll with the Punches: A Guide to Australian Academia
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I鈥檓 a worrier. If you haven鈥檛 noticed based on my previous posts, 鈥渟tress鈥 is practically my middle name. In the weeks before聽leaving for the聽University of聽Melbourne聽I freaked聽out鈥攁s I usually聽do鈥攁bout almost everything.聽Funnily enough, though, the one thing that didn鈥檛 worry me was the actual 鈥渟tudy鈥 part of studying abroad.聽All my life I鈥檝e been the kid who enjoys…
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Studying While Abroad – A Digital Story
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I never would have expected that some of my greatest memories while in Australia would鈥檝e come from the study part of study abroad. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kuCj4HZChDA?feature=oembed Lexi K. | Creative Writing student | University of Redlands | University of Queensland Partnership in Brisbane, Australia | 2015
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How I Learned to Trust My Path
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鈥淲hat are you going to do after you graduate?鈥 This is one of the most dreaded questions a college student may ever hear. For many people this is an anxiety-inducing question, but for me it has always been an easy one. Since I was 13, I knew that I wanted to go into the medical…
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Special Mobility Series: How Moving to the Opposite Side of the World Changes You
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The exact opposite side of the world from where I live is in the Indian Ocean, a little southwest of Australia. And I got pretty close.I wasn鈥檛 expecting many obvious differences when I got there, since Australians speak English and I assumed the culture was relatively similar to America鈥檚. But there鈥檚 more to culture besides…
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5 Misconceptions About Studying in Australia
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When you hear 鈥淎ustralia,鈥 what鈥檚 the first thing that springs聽to mind? For some, it鈥檇 be kangaroos,聽koalas, or any number of horrifying creepy-crawlies. Others would say 鈥渟hrimp* on the barbie鈥 or Vegemite. A few聽others might mention the iconic Sydney Opera House. But the true Australia is聽so much more than these standard stereotypes. Still,聽whenever I鈥檇 tell聽someone that…
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Special Mobility Series: Aussies Might Speak English, but their Uni is Like a Foreign Language
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I鈥檝e struggled with academics as much as the next 21-year-old college student. This involves jumping between 鈥淚 love this class鈥擨鈥檓 glad I chose this path鈥 and 鈥淚 wonder what would happen if I just dropped out right now,鈥 hopefully landing closer to the former. However, there are always a few added difficulties to deal with…
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Special Mobility Series: Why it’s Okay that Moving and Making Friends Never Gets Easier
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Unlike most students, the decision to go abroad was chosen for me; Susquehanna University is one of a handful of schools in the United States that require every student to have some sort of study away experience. I did, however, get to choose where and for how long, and figured I should get out of…
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Finding Faith at University
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鈥檝e said it before, and I鈥檒l say it again: going abroad can be tough. It鈥檚 often exhausting mentally, physically, and emotionally, especially in the first few weeks. Sometimes wonderful moments are quickly followed by deep pangs of homesickness, putting your heart on a rollercoaster ride it never bargained for. All these twists and turns can…
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