Category: US
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My name is Luca Pearce and I am studying a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) / Bachelor of Laws at UTS. I decided to go on exchange to the University of Hawai’i at Manoa as a part of my Journalism degree for the Spring Semester and am currently living in Honolulu! I am really enjoying my…
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Having fallen in love with my experience engaging with the Global Short Program (GSP), which I undertook in San Francisco in 2019, I decided to partake in not only one more program but two. My most recent experience was participating in a Virtual Global Short Program over the summer session of 2021/22. This program was…
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I’ve just completed my first couple of weeks at Miami University in Ohio and it has honestly been the best experience. Miami U is what I had imagined the perfect college town to look like, located 45mins away from Cincinnati, the entire town is dedicated to the University. Brick streets and colonial-style houses pave the…
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After a year of detailed planning, filling out several applications, budgeting and stressing, I have finally made it to Oxford Mississippi, the home of The University of Mississippi, otherwise known as Ole Miss. About two weeks ago I flew into Memphis Tennessee and my future roommates picked me up from the airport, we then made…
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I think that’s the first thing I wrote in my personal statement when I was applying to study for a semester abroad in NYC. I guess that statement still rings true, NYC is everything you could ever imagine it being, both the good and the bad. It’s a city filled with diverse people who all…
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After receiving an email through UTS about the AIM Overseas exchange program I saw they had a three week program going to the United States of America. This was the perfect amount of time for me as a semester or year always seemed too long. The program was structured around the topic of Social Media…
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The first month of my exchange experience at Virginia Tech has been so much more than what I ever expected…. Hurricane Florence and all!! Right from the beginning of my exchange application, I knew I wanted to experience the quintessential American college atmosphere. Tech is that and so much more. From the huge tailgates and…
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This whole experience came about because my two best friends were going to be overseas in January – one on exchange in the Netherlands and the other on a short-term study trip in the Netherlands as well. I knew that if I were to stay at home I would have serious FOMO, but I knew…
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Since I arrived at Louisiana State University, also known as LSU, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I have been overwhelmed with how different the university experience in the United States is compared to back home in Australia. I am lucky enough to be staying in on-campus apartments which enabled me to have my own room along…
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January – February 2019 Hello! Here I am, back in Sydney after a month-long whirlwind of a trip to the other side of the world. Travelling to the United States, I was one of 28 people who undertook a subject which saw us visit architecture by the likes of Mies Van Der Rohe, Frank Lloyd…
