On Thursday, September 14th, I was able to attend the Study Abroad fair in the auxiliary gym. I’ve always wanted to study abroad and experience different cultures, different ways of life, etc. I knew that this fair would be great to attend as it would provide me with info that could assist me in eventually studying abroad. I’m interested in visiting a number of countries so I went and conversed with the spokespeople and grabbed flyers of every country(specifically the city in which the university is in) that could be a possible destination for me in the future ; there are just so many that are appealing. During the hour and a half or so i spent meandering around the gym I ended up with a number of cities/countries I could travel to such as: Zurich-Switzerland, Berlin-Germany, Galapagos Islands-Ecuador, Stockholm-Sweden, Tokyo-Japan, Amsterdam-Netherlands, Copenhagen-Denmark, Ghent-Belgium, and Madrid-Spain.

The best part about this fair and what I feel assisted me the most with learning about studying abroad was being able to speak to the foreign students of Baruch telling me about studying abroad in their respective countries to gain sort of a first hand perspective. One student in particular named “Henri De Bel” from Belgium spoke to me for an extended period of time and I was able to learn that the college system is very different in Europe- where basically you just have to show up for exams.(yay, no class!) It is also very common and easy to travel through Europe by train to visit different countries during the semester, and a great part of it is that you get to meet students originating from all over the world.

At the end of the fair, I was satisfied in hearing all the great things of studying abroad and seeing all these amazing possible destinations. I’m definitely looking forward to taking advantage of this magnificent opportunity.