Student Experiences
Did you have a memorable study abroad experience through one of ESF’s programs? Tell us about it and you could be featured!
Your story could be the one that inspires another student to plan their own transformational experience!
Tunghai University, Taiwan | exchange program
environmental science
As an ESF student, academics are very challenging and life gets busy fast! Experiencing a new country is not only a great cultural experience but you’ll get to learn more about you! You’ll figure out your likes and dislikes more independently than you would at ESF. You’ll come back to the US with more confidence, international friends, and a better understanding of your abilities. You are capable of much more than you realize, so give it a try. It is a life changing experience that you must do at least once in your life!
Advice for students interested in semester abroad. Expect to be uncomfortable. My best advice to get over this feeling is to just get yourself out there and experience things early on in the semester. If you just go out and try things, you’ll build up a basic understanding of the way things operate such as ordering in restaurants, learning the bus and trains systems, and exploring what events there are on campus by joining a club or interest group. This is also a great way to make friends and meet people.
Panama | ESF Faculty-Led Course
environmental Resources Engineering
My favorite part of the trip was the sunrise hike, you don’t capture the true beauty of Panama until you are looking from up in the clouds. Chuck and Martin allowed us to experience this unforgettable trip, without them the experience would not have been as memorable.
Botswana | Partner Program | Round River
Wildlife Science
I have learned to take things more as they come to me and to be adaptable to changes that happen in my life. I was able to immersive myself in their culture and life of people from a region and cultural much different than mine that I was able to gain new perspectives from.
Nepal | Semester Abroad
Landscape Architecture
I learned so much. I had an absolutely amazing experience while abroad. I felt totally free during my time. I don’t think I’ve changed drastically, but I have noticed my passions about things are stronger, I care deeply about things in a different light than I may have before.
Tanzania | Partner Program
School for Field Studies
environmental Biology
I think this is a really good experience for my future career. It has given me an idea of the work people in my field of study do for a living, and getting to be a part of that process should help me in the future to get a job in that field. I learned a lot about wildlife management, both theory and techniques. I also learned about a different style of life.
