Tagged: DC vs abroad
Julia Cohen
It’s not about what you’re doing, it’s who you’re with
Julia Cohen
Fall 2015
I chose to come to DC for my career. If I had wanted the parties, or the views, or the lifelong friendships, I told myself, I would have gone to Europe. Instead I followed a path less known in experiences but which I knew would pay off in the long run. When I arrived on my floor in late August, I only prepared to give my internship and my classes my all, friends, I said, could fall a distant third. Looking back on it that’s how we all started, unsure of what the social situation would bring, I sat in the common room by myself on the first night skyping my friends from home and wistfully wondering if I would have been better off staying in Boston.
At the end of orientation week I knew I had made the right choice. And now, three months into my stay in Washington, and four weeks before the end of the program, I stand by that feeling. I came to DC expecting to gain professional experience but not expecting to gain friends. Although I love this city and the thrill of being a part of something big, I can honestly say that when it comes time for me to board a plane in a few weeks, what I will miss most about my study abroad experience will be the friends I have made here. More
Shelby Carignan
How does studying "abroad" in DC compare to studying abroad somewhere else?
By Shelby Carignan
Fall 2013
By some stroke of luck, I got to spend semesters abroad through BU both in the U.S. and abroad. Studying abroad for a semester is on the bucket list of most college students. It’s an especially big part of the BU undergraduate experience, since they’ve got programs literally all over the world. Most students looking to study abroad probably don’t even consider the idea of studying within the U.S. at BU’s campus in D.C. or LA, but if a student wants to have their professional goals at the center of their experience, domestic programs give students a unique edge that they won’t get abroad or in Boston. Having experienced studying with BU’s program in Paris, France and being halfway through the D.C. journalism program here, I think I’ve got a sense of the pros and cons of each.
