Category: Student life

Staying and Changing

By Clare McLeod, Cornell University '20 / “You’re going to have so much fun! You’re going to find some wonderful Swedish boy to run away with! You’re going to change so much!”
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A True Home Away from Home

By Marina Stam, Bowdoin College '19 / My semester in Stockholm was one of many firsts. It was full of new experiences, relationships, and connections that I could never have imagined prior to my arrival in January.
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“Then why don’t you stay?”

By Tyrah Green, Brown University '20 / I fell in love with Stockholm the moment I arrived, and that love grew with every tunnelbana trip I took, every Swedish lesson I had, and every chokladboll I ate.
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The Ride of a Lifetime

By Daniel Goldstein, Tufts University '19 / There was no ambiguity about the buildup, the views offered when at the top, or even the speed with which you would eventually fall back to the ground. But even this foresight didn’t prevent the stomach-churning anxiety at the start, the budding adrenaline as you left the safety of the ground, the moment of awe at the peak of ascension, and harness-clinging as you fell.
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