The following scholarships are either travel-related contests, study abroad scholarships, or grants for travel given to students from grades K-12. It’s a common idea that you must be a high school or college student to study abroad or travel as a student. One of the main objectives of my blog is Continue Reading
As my blog’s name suggests, I am not one to lug heavy suitcases around during my travels. I #TeamPacksLight (duh) , #TeamCarryOn, and #TeamWorkSmarterNotHarder. Who has time to pack their entire wardrobe for every trip and risk paying insanely expensive checked bag fees, airlines losing your luggage, or breaking my Continue Reading
I visited 8 countries completely independently as a traditional public university, for at least a week for each trip. No parents paying, no inheritance, no pilot father, no sugar daddy. 8 countries? How did I have the time, money, or opportunities with tuition, classes, and college life? Travel as a Continue Reading
Today, I volunteered at my university’s Scholarship Office booth at our the Study Abroad Fair, and tried to convince people to apply for study abroad scholarships… Key word here being convince.
Studying abroad and scholarships are two elements of college that are misunderstood, underutilized, and shrouded in mystery. Luckily I’ve decoded the puzzle of applying to and successfully winning scholarships, and to this day have racked up $69,264 in total college scholarships, of which $41,027 is being used exclusively for my two-semester study abroad this Continue Reading
