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Final Thoughts
I cannot believe that I have been home for almost a month and a year since I secured my Student Visa for my year abroad. The last 12 months have gone exceptionally quickly and wish I could go back to the beginning and do it all again!
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My Experience of being in a Sorority
When friends ask me about my Year abroad the most common questions are about my sorority; Why did you join? How did you join? What was it like living in the House? and so on.
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Highs and Lows
Everyone tells you that you study abroad will be the best time of your life. Looking back on the last nine months I can honestly say that I have had the most wonderful experience, making lifelong friends and amazing memories making me so grateful that I was given this opportunity. However I do think that it is important to share that there are highs and lows to studying abroad and that it is unreasonable to be 100% happy all the time and give some suggestions of the things that I have found helpful whilst I have been away. I have previously written about the academic differences between Mizzou and Manchester…
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True/False Film Fest
Columbia downtown is a mix of eclectic boutiques, restaurants, cafes, bars and clubs and even has a karaoke bar which is great fun! It is small but its range in shops makes it the perfect student downtown. It is walking distance from campus and the dorms and there is some off campus housing that is in downtown. It is usually relatively busy during the day but gets more lively in the evenings when students go out. However for one long weekend in early March, downtown becomes bustling and busy with thousands of people coming to Columbia for the True/False Film Fest. The Fest shows non-fiction films, with musicians performing before…
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Why Mizzou?
“Why Mizzou?” “How did you end up in Missouri?!?” I get these questions all the time. It seems that my fellow Mizzou students are astounded that I could have possibly chosen to come to Missouri, but I love it here and wouldn’t be anywhere else. Deciding where to study abroad is a big deal, you are committing to living somewhere for a year and it was not a decision that I was going to take lightly. I did my research looking at the various universities, looking up the courses that I could take and basically seeing if it would be a good fit for me. I knew that I was…
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Academic differences between the US and UK
Being back at home over Christmas Break, I was asked hundreds of questions about what it is like to be abroad. Over and over again people asked me how the university work here differs from home and it got me thinking, so here are a few academic differences that I have noticed between Mizzou and Manchester.
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New to Mizzou
WOW! Cannot believe that it has been four weeks since I moved into Defoe-Graham, my halls at the University of Missouri, Columbia (aka MIZZOU)! The campus is so beautiful and welcoming that I already feel at home here. So much has happened but I will start by sharing my first week with you. My Beautiful new home! When I arrived at Mizzou and moved into my halls (where I hung my Union Jack Flag with Pride) the other exchange students and I explored a little bit. My roommate Gabi, didn’t move in until Tuesday so I had the room for myself for a few days which was nice so that…
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