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blog Celebrating Holidays Abroad Until my semester abroad, I hadn't celebrated any serious holidays away from my family and friends...and then Easter rolled around. Easter in Finland is celebrated a bit more widely than at my home university. The whole week leading up to Easter Sunday, the University of Jyvaskyla
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blog Experiencing Tradition: Finnish May Day In Finland, May Day, otherwise known as Vappu, is a celebration of the working class citizens and also marks the beginning of summer.
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blog What I Didn't Expect When Coming to the U.S. To tell the truth, I had a very precise idea of what my American college would be. I thought that what I’ve seen in movies, series and books was the exact depiction of my soon-to-be experience.
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blog 5 Tips for Academic Success in Ghana After finishing all my Interim Assessments (the U.S. equivalent of midterms), I realized that I wished someone would have given me proper provisions on how to be successful in a different academic environment.
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blog Subconsciously Learning a New Language American exchange students have these stereotypes, actually mostly good from what I've encountered, about them that they carry around. One stereotype is that every weekend, they visit somewhere new. This is true for me, at least it has been for the last month.
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blog 3 Ways to Experience Your Host Country’s Culture One of the best things you can do while abroad is experience the local culture of the city and country you’re living in. Each country has its own unique culture and it’s not just fun, but also important to experience that and see how people from other countries live their day-to-day life.
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blog Dos and Don’ts of Solo Travel While Studying Abroad If you asked me when I was six if I could see myself going abroad, the answer would’ve been no. Actually, I wouldn’t have answered at all, I would’ve run away. Ask anyone who knows me and they will say that I used to be the shyest person ever.
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blog 5 Keys to Loving Spontaneous Adventure When studying abroad it is important to keep an open mind and take whatever comes your way. I have always tried to welcome spontaneity into my life in whatever form. Being spontaneous is what keeps life interesting.
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