Spring 2023 Participant
Stirling, Scotland is absolutely incredible. My favorite part of the program was getting to meet people from ALL over the world and forming connections with all different people. This program allows you to go out of your comfort zone and form friendships with people from Scotland as well as other places.
Spring 2023 Participant
That transportation to and from campus is not ideal. The buses are not only unreliable but they also cost a lot of money. I ended up spending around $100 every month for just bus passes (not including trains and city to city busses that cost even more). Walking and biking ended up being the best way to commute from the town on to campus.
Spring 2024 Participant
Meeting and speaking with those from outside the US and from other states was the most rewarding part of my experience abroad. My roommates were from Sweden, Spain, Australia, Mexico, Canada, and in the US from Maine, Maryland, Ohio, and North Carolina. I loved talking with them and sounding ideas off of each other. While we grew up across the globe, there were so many similarities that we shared. For example, the love of Harry Potter movie nights was not lost on a single one of us. But it was also interesting to compare the differences. I got to learn so much more about their cultures and day to day lives that I never would have by not meeting them in person. I found some amazing friends, even though we were all thousands of miles away from home.