I confess I have been a bit of one-track mind lately, and so I apologize for this gushing blog post in advance. \u00a0But, wherever you find yourself in your college career please do this one thing: make time to go abroad! I know it can be difficult to work in when there\u2019s so many requirements to tackle but take it from someone who is overloading on credits for two semesters just to make it happen, its worth it.<\/p>\n
The last six weeks I have found myself in London and I am completely in love. \u00a0So therefore, I present to you a totally buzz-feed style list of ten convincing reasons why you should go abroad (sorry for the lack of gifs illustrating exactly how you should feel).<\/p>\n
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1. Meeting New People<\/strong>-Not everyone from your program will be from BU necessarily and even if they are, chances are on a campus this big you\u2019ve never even seen their face in a crowd before. There are loads of new people you might never have met otherwise. If you\u2019re lucky enough they just might become your best friends.<\/p>\n 2. Easy Travel<\/strong>– With inexpensive trains, planes and buses to take you to wherever your heart desires, it\u2019s so easy to see other cities and countries while you\u2019re abroad.<\/p>\n 3. The Food<\/strong>– I personally believe the best way to get to know another culture is through your stomach, or maybe that\u2019s just because I\u2019m a foodie wannabe. But in all honestly, trying new foods has been one of my favorite parts of being abroad.<\/p>\n 4. New Perspective<\/strong>– It\u2019s easy to judge other cultures from afar but once you\u2019re standing in the middle another country where you don\u2019t speak their language, I guarantee any preconceived notions you might have had will be erased. And bonus, you\u2019ll also probably gain a new love for your own home.<\/p>\n 5. Personal Growth<\/strong>– It takes a lot of courage to put yourself in a completely unfamiliar environment for months but once you do it, you find yourself growing as a person in ways you never thought possible.<\/p>\n 6. Getting a Break From Your Normal Routine<\/strong>– Because who wants to be on the same general schedule every day of their college career?<\/p>\n 7. Unique Resume Boost<\/strong>– In some programs you get to intern while you\u2019re abroad which is something not everyone can say they did and will definitely set your resume apart from other students in internship and job interviews.<\/p>\n 8. The View<\/strong>– \u00a0From the top of anywhere, over any city- go on the London Eye, go to the top of the Duomo in Florence, climb up a hill to the castles in Lisbon and appreciate the view. No matter where you go, looking over an entire city is so captivating, its life changing.<\/p>\n 9. TRAVEL-<\/strong> oh, I already mentioned this one? Well, I think it deserves to be mentioned again<\/p>\n 10. Why not?<\/strong>– The best reason of them all. You\u2019re young! What better time to see the world when college has already allowed you to perfect the balance of minimal sleep and maximum productivity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about going abroad or need any help with the application!<\/p>\n Cheers,<\/p>\n Sara<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I confess I have been a bit of one-track mind lately, and so I apologize for this gushing blog post in advance. \u00a0But, wherever you find yourself in your college career please do this one thing: make time to go abroad! I know it can be difficult to work in when there\u2019s so many requirements … Continue reading Sara: Top 10 Reasons to Study Abroad<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44304],"tags":[2292,3338,44446],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1436,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435\/revisions\/1436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}