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Anna Hernandez French School: Williams College Abroad Location: Spain

I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Studying abroad worked wonders on my self-confidence. This has benefited all aspects of my life. I have also grown more independent and feel more co ...

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Personal Benefits of Study Abroad and International Exchanges

For many students study abroad is life-changing experience. Students come back from study abroad more independent, confident and eager to take on any challenge, academic, professional or personal. There are many personal benefits to study abroad. Some of these benefits include:

• Increase your self-confidence
  

• Gain independence and maturity
  

• Grow your global network of friends
  

• Gain better appreciation of other cultures as well as your own
  

• Be prepared to face challenges in the future
  

• Learn to creatively solve problems
  

• Better understand your personal strengths and weaknesses
  

Studying abroad is a challenge. Why?

• You will be removed from your comfort zone and placed in a foreign environment
  

• You will be exposed to new traditions and social and academic customs
  

• You may not speak the language of the host country
  

• You have to make new friends
  

Studying abroad is full of amazing experiences, from learning a new culture and language to making new friends from diverse ethnic and national backgrounds. In the end you, like most students, will return with a new sense of independence and more confidence. That will equip you to face challenges presented by the real world during college and in your professional career or during grad school.

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