Fact: Study abroad is expensive.

Opinion: That’s probably why so many students - interested or not - pass on it.

Fact: There are a ton of scholarships out there that can get you on the next flight out.

Embarrassing admission: I’ve never gone for any of those scholarships m’self, but let’s take a look at your options, shall we?

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On a temporary (read: this week) hiatus courtesy of some school-related issues this week, but I thought I’d pop in to offer a site I ran across recently: Gazelle.

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ebay, gazelle, so much freaking homework, trade in

Watched the news recently? Cracked open a newspaper to scope out the world around you?

It’s a scary place, apparently. Drugs and war and violence and elephants — all very serious business, of course (maybe not the last bit), and all worth reporting, but all completely irrelevant for a budding study abroad-er. That’s a bold claim, sure, but not an unwarranted one. Don’t ask me for the psychological name of it, but there’s a theory that says exactly why: in a world of prime-time television and news reports showing us the absolute worst in society, we kinda sorta tend to think real life is the exact same way.

It’s not. Promise.

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Or, y’know, don’t be afraid of anything.

That’s easier said than done, of course, but you know what? That’s a-okay! I’m here for you, ladies and gents, and I’ve come with the first part in that series I mentioned last week. You know, the time when I begged politely encouraged you to get off your butt and study abroad during college. You don’t have to say anything. I know you were all completely convinced.

So just for fun, then, let’s talk about languages. More specifically, the fact that you might not know the local one whenever you go to a new country, and how that sounds like a massive huge earth-shattering problem when it isn’t really that big of a deal. Promise.

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