by Virginia O'Connor | Oct 27, 2021 | Choosing a Program, Europe, UC Berkeley
3-MINUTE TRAVEL GUIDE: BARCELONA, SPAIN DON’T FORGET TO PACK Copies of prescriptions (including the one from your eye doctor for glasses or contact lenses). Adapters for small electronics like your tablet or phone. Color copies of the signature page of your...
by Virginia O'Connor | Sep 2, 2021 | Personal Growth, UC Berkeley
by Ramil Mercado from UC Berkeley to Southeast Asia and Argentina Taking any significant journey has the potential to transform you, but you don’t need to leave it to accident or luck. As a person of color and a person who is queer-identified, I can tell you...
by Virginia O'Connor | Nov 12, 2020 | UC Berkeley
by Elena Mateus UC Berkeley studying in Madrid, Spain First things first. Congratulations for doing what you’re doing. During my orientation, the program director made us give ourselves a round of applause. It felt weird and awkward, but she had a point. Not only is...
by Virginia O'Connor | Jul 5, 2020 | Asia, Choosing a Program, UC Berkeley
by Dexter Lee National Taiwan University UC Berkeley When I first started college four years ago, I had no plans to study abroad. Yet today, as I write this blog post, I can wholeheartedly assert that studying abroad was one of the most cathartic, life-changing...
by Virginia O'Connor | Jun 7, 2017 | Choosing a Program, Europe, UC Berkeley
3-MINUTE TRAVEL GUIDE: CÓRDOBA, SPAIN DON’T FORGET TO PACK Your favorite hot sauce and a typical food from California to share with your host family in Córdoba BEST LEFT AT HOME Short shorts—it’s not common for people to wear, so if you want to dress like...
by Ellen Tyson | Jul 1, 2016 | Europe, UC Berkeley
3-MINUTE TRAVEL GUIDE: LUND, SWEDEN DON’T FORGET TO PACK A heavy winter jacket BEST LEFT AT HOME Anything you can buy at IKEA or H&M WHERE TO LIVE Guaranteed student housing—the apartment wait-lists can be decades long BEST EATS NEAR CAMPUS Falafel,...
