In this post, I will be giving you a rundown of the classes I am have been taking here in Dakar. I am part of the Development Studies program where we study ideas about development specifically related to Africa. With this program, we discuss and dissect development (economic, social, political) in order to understand the challenges facing so-called developing countries.…
Tag: study abroad
I am in Dakar !
Hello everyone: I hope you all have had a great summer! This semester I am studying abroad in Dakar, Senegal and I am very happy to be here. I have been having a great time so far. I decided to go to Senegal because I am dead set on finally being fluent in French. I am close but not quite.…
Top 6 Things I’ve Missed at Wellesley
Hello! I’m Sarah, your friendly neighborhood admissions blogger. Some quick facts: I’m a senior, an English and Creative major and Psychology minor, and a resident of Severance Hall. I’m a member of the Wellesley News, Wellesley College TV, and Knit Happens, among a few other things. I’m in the weeds of my senior thesis, interning at the Admissions Office, and…
Vi ses, Denmark
I have never been good with transitioning between lives, and the transition back to life in America is promising to be quite a jarring one. Right now, it feels a little like I’m a kid about to be picked up from summer camp, and I’m probably going to cry on the ride home. With less than four days left here,…
A Heart to Heart in Denmark
How do I even begin to wrap up my days in this beautiful, hyggeligt place? Yes, it’s the first of May, and I have officially less than two weeks left in Denmark. I can feel my heart sinking in my throat upon just typing that sentence. Being here has taught me so much. Living in Denmark has brought a degree…
Castles in the Sky
Hello again! Lots has happened since I last wrote, but not a lot that I can tell you officially right now. Let’s just say that I’ve been interviewing for research positions where I can do my senior thesis this summer and the upcoming academic year. One of the benefits of being abroad this semester was that I actually had a…
Solo Travels in Italy
Hello again everyone! I am back in Denmark, after my first time traveling all by myself in a foreign country: Italy, specifically Rome and Bologna. It was definitely an experience that pushed me out of my comfort zone. One of the things I realized about traveling alone is that you can be your own worst companion, or your own best…
Sculpture and Sunshine
Daylight’s savings time has now arrived in Denmark, bringing with it ridiculously long days to contrast with the fleetingly short days of my arrival. It’s already 8:30pm as I write this, and the sun has yet to completely disappear below the horizon. Today felt like full on summer. I brought my book out into the sun on the front porch…
Barcelona y La Costa Brava!
I just got back from a surreal, “pinch me is this actually real” week of travel in Spain. It was so beautiful, and we did so much, that I don’t really know where to start. I was lucky enough to have my parents fly all the way to Europe to meet me, which merits a whole paragraph of gratitude and…
Looking forwards
The two weeks in between London and Barcelona have been decidedly down to business. For starters, given that there are only two classroom weeks in March, this means that I have a test in every class. In the case of my medical biotechnology class, I have a test accompanied by two papers, a reflection, a presentation, and an interview with…