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A Letter to Aspiring Art Students
Recently, a freshman asked me whether she should follow her passion to become an artist, or obey her parents to study commerce. Feeling that this is a common dilemma for international students, I decided to publish my words here to help. “I decided to... read more
Interview with a Self-Help Author - Narissa Phipps
i-studentglobal spoke to first-time author and Loughborough University psychology graduate Narissa Phipps about her self-help book Happiness Diary, which is released worldwide on 28th September 2016. 1. What first inspired you to write a self-help... read more
Writing a personal essay
Remember, when you're writing a personal statement, that you aren't just writing a simple list of past and present successes. Your personal statement should reflect who you are, what you want to accomplish, and what your plans and dreams for the future... read more
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From the USA to the Emerald Isle
Hello everyone, my name is Caela Provost and I’m a postgraduate student studying English at the University of Limerick! I hail from Winchendon, a small town in Massachusetts, where I did most of my growing up with the three best brothers a girl could... read more
What happened next for Caela?
Former President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, once remarked, “Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” Immediately after being asked to write this blog about what happened in my life after I finished school and graduated with my MA... read more
Paddling Against the Current
When I was in college, I always got the look of "you must be crazy" or "your family must be rich" from my Chinese national peers. Yes, I was an international student in the US; yet no, I was not doing STEM or business. I was in fact the first and the... read more
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