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The Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, and Chicken McNuggets?

Rachael Goldberg, Study Abroad ’19, Northwestern ’20 Economics, French Leading up to my study abroad experience in Paris, I constantly daydreamed about what it...
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A Journey to Global Citizenship

Joel Alvarez-Rinconeño, Study Abroad ’17 & ’18, Northwestern ’19 Sociology, English Going into Northwestern, I never expected to go abroad, let alone THREE times....
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A Deeper Understanding of Myself

Rekhia Adams, Study Abroad ’17, Northwestern ’20 Theatre, International Studies Studying abroad was something I was excited about and very comfortable with, as I...
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More Than A Sentence

Sabrina Matsuda, Study Abroad ’17-’18, Northwestern ’19 Linguistics, German I always have a difficult time answering the question, “How was study abroad?” because, well…...
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Cats and ’Cats Abroad

Andrea Biancalana, Study Abroad ’17, Northwestern ’19 Biological Sciences, Spanish When I first began choosing a study abroad program, I was entirely focused on...
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Within Reach

Max Sigal, Study Abroad ’18, Northwestern ’20 Integrated Science Program, Chemistry, Biological Sciences When I first entered Northwestern, I never dreamed that I would...
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Opposite Ends of the Same Spectrum

Caleb Han, Study Abroad ’15 & ’18, Northwestern ’19 M.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering B.S. Industrial Engineering & Psychology Coming into Northwestern, study abroad...
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A Life-Changing Experience

Olena Cruz, Study Abroad ’09, Northwestern ’11 International Studies, Communications Studies, Business Institutions Sometimes the best moments in life are the ones you didn’t...
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Final Thoughts

Jacob Wunsh, Contemporary Berlin, Summer 2011 And so my summer ended. I’ve been home for six weeks now, and college has begun to pick...
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