Hi! I’m Lizzie, an Economics major about to begin my Spring semester at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. I can’t believe time has passed this quickly, from eagerly filling out an abroad application in …
Spring 2017
Brown, Womxn, and Abroad
I am brown. I am womxn And I will spend the next 4.5 months abroad. For years I have been dreaming about and planning my study abroad experience. For months I have raised funds to …
10 Things Nobody Tells You When You Decide to Spend a Semester Abroad
There’s going to be paperwork… a lot of it Aside from the fact that the study abroad application itself was a bit lengthy, there’s so much more than just the application. This included another application …
They say all roads lead to Rome…
Lately, I’ve been watching every study abroad movie in existence to prepare myself for my own upcoming travel adventure; in just over a month, I will be departing UW-Madison for a semester to study abroad …
The Five Stages of Pre-departure
As they say in any psychology class, there are 5 stages in the pre-departure process: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. They describe the mindset of every departing traveler, or at least myself, perfectly. Denial: …
The Real Students of Studying Abroad: Morgan Fuller edition
New people and new places, new stories and new sights, new adventures and new experiences…it all sounds so exciting and glamorous. I’ve vicariously lived through friends and acquaintances and their study abroad trips, wondering if …