Student Blogs

 

What’s it like to study abroad with the Alliance?

Living abroad isn’t a walk in the park, but it can be an incredibly challenging, rewarding, and ultimately transformative experience. Follow along with these student bloggers as they study in China and India during fall 2011. Click on the links below to read stories and see pictures of their host families or roommates, interactions with locals, academic courses and projects, extracurricular activities and field trips, the language barrier, coping with homesickness, and much more!

Ran Wei

Shanghai, China

Contemporary Society (Fudan) Program
George Washington University - International Affairs and Asian Studies Major

Patrick Mendelsohn

Shanghai, China

International Business (SUFE) Program
Arcadia University - International Business Major

Michele Arenas

Shanghai, China

International Business (SUFE) Program
Rider University - Accounting and International Business Major

Todd Morrill

Shanghai, China

International Business (SUFE) Program
George Washington University - International Business Major

Chelsea Brown

Shanghai, China

International Business (SUFE) Program
University of Alaska, Anchorage - Economics and International Studies Major