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Visas, Flights and Jumping the Gun!
By Malaikha West, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea Dear Readers, As you embark upon your journey across the world, there are many things you need to consider. So many jumbled thoughts of things you need to do, applications to be submitted, payments to be made, that beginning your trip can become daunting, sometimes even stressful. Take it from me, a girl who wasted hundreds of pounds on flights I couldn’t take, and hours of time on visa applications done in the wrong way. Let me begin by saying: Write it all down. Every deadline you have before you can even leave the country. Write everything on a timeline, all…
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Study Abroad Preparation Timeline
I am the kind of person that ALWAYS have the feeling that I have forgotten something. Before leaving the house, I re-check that I have indeed switched off the stove for the seventh time. Before leaving for the holiday, I re-check that my passport is indeed in my luggage for the seventeenth time. I’m not kidding. Hence, it’s not surprising that before I head off to Maryland to start my study abroad, I kept thinking… did I forgot to do something? What do I have to do now? Did I miss a step? Am I going to be stranded because I forgot to do something? If you are like me,…





