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What I Packed for Studying Abroad in Canada (And What I Wish I Hadn’t)
By Rhiann Singh, University of Ottawa, Canada Packing your whole life into a suitcase (or two in my case) is an extremely stressful thing to do. As a chronic over-packer I found this really difficult. Hopefully these tips should help you plan on what to take.
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What I wish I knew before my year abroad
by Jasmine Angus, University of Bergen, Norway Looking back after the most fantastic year I thought I would write a cheat sheet of things I wish I knew before my year abroad. Some of it will be generic and others will be specific to Bergen, but I hope it helps anyway!
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Back to reality and off to Singapore!
By Chloe Coradetti, Mechanical Engineering, The National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Here I am, realizing that it is real, it is happening… I am going to study abroad for an entire year at the National University of Singapore!! YEEEEESSS! My excitement is hardly containable, I keep telling everyone, with a big smile on my face “I’m going on an adventuuuuuure!”
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Cha Gheill!
By Ros Harwood (Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada) I literally can’t believe I am writing this post, where has the time gone?! The year abroad has flown by and I am unbelievably sad to have to leave this place. I am really looking forward to travelling and going home; it’s been a while since I’ve been there, but I have made some amazing memories at this fantastic university. Despite the long, hard Canadian winter, the hardest thing right now is that we are finally rewarded with beautiful sunshine, blue skies and a lot of positive temperatures which makes Kingston an absolutely stunning place to be. Being on one of the Great…
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Preparing to leave for UBC…
By Sophie Black (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada). Since my final second year exam, time has absolutely flown by. With so many warnings about the expense of studying abroad, I have spent much of my time working to earn as much money as possible. Usually I’m pretty organised, yet with only a few days to go, I seem to have an ever-growing list of things to do! Keep in Contact I’m not ashamed to admit I am a homebird, hence the thought of spending so much time away from home is pretty scary. I do have a few relatives in Vancouver who I have been in contact with over…
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Canada here I come…
By Lisa Scott (Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada). Visa… Check Accommodation booked…..Check Flights booked…….Check A fully prepared exchange student….Pending Preparing to set off on a once in a lifetime opportunity to a new country can not only be very exciting but also very scary. As my departure date draws closer, I have started to say my goodbyes and suddenly feel emotional at the fact that it may be a year before I see most of these people again. However, the one thing that makes saying goodbye easier is that everyone is excited for me… probably more so than I am myself. Whilst I’m sitting here writing this blog, a small pile…
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