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How to Deal With Culture Shock

We have all heard about it at some point in our lives, especially if you are someone who has been dreaming of studying abroad since preschool. We hear it from our foreign language teachers, peers who have returned from other countries, and travel blogs founded on seeing you through your overseas adventure into cultural immersion. […]

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Amsterdam, Holland

Amsterdam is a city most notably praised for its vivid nightlife, and rightfully so. With a plethora of clubs, coffee shops, cafes, and restaurants ranging from Italian to Vietnamese and everything in between, the Red Light District has become a playground synonymous with the city of Amsterdam. As much as there is to offer in […]

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh is a classic medieval city with a large, yet walkable, original Old Town surrounding the impressive Edinburgh castle. Historic sites in Edinburgh include Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace, the churches of St. Giles, Greyfriars and the Canongate, and the extensive Georgian New Town, built in the 18th century. Edinburgh’s Old Town and New Town together […]

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Generation Study Abroad

“Multi-dimensional.”  “Insightful.”  “Eye-opening.”  “Indescribable.”  “Transformational.” The Institute of International Education (IIE) has recently launched the Generation Study Abroad initiative with the goal of sending 600,000 U.S. students abroad each year by 2019.  According to the Open Doors 2014 data, the rate of increase of study abroad participation has slowed to only 2%.  The initiative aims […]