Jett's Study Abroad Experience
Spring 2023
Spring 2023
A lot of my family and friends asked me if I was nervous for studying abroad and being alone in a foreign country, much less 13 foreign countries. I kept responding by telling everyone that I was truly not afraid to go travel and live abroad, and I could see that they often wouldn't really believe me. While I was unsure how things were going to go, I was not afraid to jump in and experience other cultures and live in an unfamiliar place. In fact, the emotions I was feeling were sadness and excitement. I was so sad to be leaving all of my loved ones for so long, but I was also excited to start an experience that I had been looking forward to for as long as I can remember.
There were certainly hard parts of being abroad, and my travels did not always go as planned, but the hardest part of the whole semester was having to come home from a place that I grew to love. I absolutely loved London, but I realized that Europe as a whole is where I want to end up someday and that regardless of what career I have, I want traveling to be an integral part of my profession. Aside from getting to fulfill one of my longest standing goals of going abroad in college, I also learned so much and stepped outside my comfort zone in a way that has changed my life forever. During my time abroad I solidified what I want to do after college, met amazing people from all over the world, and I grew not only as a student, but also as a student. As a reflection on my time abroad, I came up with 10 helpful tips for studying abroad, traveling, and having a better general idea of important things to remember when abroad.
Unfortunately, while this is the end of my list of 10 helpful tips, it's also the end of my blog and study abroad experience. I can't even begin to express my gratitude for the various means of support given to me by my family, girlfriend, friends, and scholarship donors. This type of experience is one that can truly make a student's academic career special and can give the student so many skills that simply go beyond what can be taught in the United States. I can't express how much this experience meant to me besides that it is one that I will truly treasure for the rest of my life. Thank you!
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While I attend the University of Hawaii at Manoa, I was born in Littleton Colorado and grew up in a rural area. When I moved out to Hawaii for school, I quickly found my groove in Shidler College of Business as a triple major studying Marketing, International Business, and Quantitative Economics, and I was later chosen to be one of the Shidler Global Leaders. This and several other scholarships, including the Johnson Scholarship, gave me the amazing opportunity to go spend a semester abroad in the United Kingdom.
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