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Category: Academics

School

In comparison to what is seen at Northwestern, the school expereince a lot more relaxed does not feel as stressful. While all three classes...
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Home Away from Home

Most of the time while I’m here in South Africa, I notice the differences in culture, weather, people, etc. However, at Stellenbosch University, it...
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NUS Exams

Singaporean higher education and NUS could not be more different than Northwestern. First, there is little to no assignments on a weekly basis. At...
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Two is Better Than One

I began my second semester of study abroad at University of Edinburgh after flying over from Sydney, where I took classes in the six...
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Observation of Orthopedic Surgery

Today, one of my classmates and I had the incredible opportunity to observe two orthopedic surgeries at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town.  The first...
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First Week in Singapore

What a hectic first week in Singapore. I don’t even know where I should begin. I suppose I can start with how I adjusted...
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Reinvigorated Learning

I’ve sincerely enjoyed my time here so far. It is particularly satisfying for me to be out of school yet still immersed in such...
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Move On and Along

  Studying abroad in Germany this past summer had been an absolute privilege. I was thrown into a completely different culture where societal norms...
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A Change in Pace

  On a more serious note, this past weekend was spent in the quaint town of Weimar where the program visited a nearby concentration...
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Same Person, New Friends

  It has been 2 weeks, 1 day, 14 hours and 32 minutes since I first stepped foot in Europe. I have parted ways...
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