High School Semester Abroad Blog

On Friday, I finished my first week at Burnside State High School in Nambour, QLD. It's definitely safe to say that I won't forget the last few days! Tuesday morning,...keep reading

Traveling to Japan was so much fun! I started my journey at the Sacramento airport where I gave my parents and my dog Dodger a hug goodbye with some bonus...keep reading

Going to school is a BIG part of studying abroad. What a surprise, right? Not really, but because most of the potential exchange students reading this post are probably interested...keep reading

Tomorrow, I start my fourth week of school, and in two days, I will have officially been in Spain for a month. I can’t believe it has already been a...keep reading

I have now been going to school in Chile for two months. Because of this, I have noticed the many differences between school here and school in the US. School...keep reading

After six weeks of school in Chile, the following striking differences between American and Chilean high schools have somehow become normal to me. Homework is Illegal Yep. You heard me...keep reading

Today was the day, the first day of school. I have never felt more nervous in my life, well except for the time I backed into the cone during my...keep reading

School, the word itself just made me dread what would come, in my world I still had two months of summer vacation left, but in study abroad world school started...keep reading

As I was making the daunting decision to study abroad, millions of questions cluttered my brain. The fear of not knowing exactly how this experience was going to unfold made...keep reading

School. I had been suppressing the thought of it since I arrived in Chile. Attending a new school, with new classmates, in a new country, immersed in a new language,...keep reading