About

The Student-to-Student guide to study abroad is meant to provide the Columbia student perspective on the study abroad experience.  When you immerse yourself in another culture, the smallest details of daily life abroad can challenge your assumptions about how life works. Based on their experiences studying abroad, this blog collects Columbia student thoughts about everything from travel logistics to musings on what it means  to be a foreigner. As you will read, studying abroad is full of excitement, challenges, frustrations and triumphs. We hope you are inspired to both go abroad yourself, and to contribute to this student-to-student resource when you are back here at Columbia.

Navigating the site: The information is arranged both by region and topic. Please browse similar topics among multiple regions as information about a homestay in Senegal, for example, may give you insight on how to have a great homestay experience anywhere in the world.

How to contribute: Please send any contributions you would like to have added to the blog to [email protected]. Not all submissions will be published. All submissions will be entered into the cross-cultural writing contest and eligible for a cash prize.

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