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Will you meet new people to call friends, learn new skills to spice up your resume, and see the world through different eyes if you study abroad? Yes! Let's talk about it!

Subscribe to THE Study Abroad Pod to learn all the tips for having one of the greatest life-changing and cross-cultural adventures of your life. University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) is a nonprofit that hopes to make an international education accessible to all students. Listen for advice from our U.S. and international staff about choosing the right program, classes, and excursions for you!

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Traveling abroad energizes your identity

Becoming a world traveler means paying attention to how you interact with other people and cultures. Your values, goals, reactions — your identity — will affect your experience. To explain what that means, listen to an honest conversation between two friends: Rabiah, a Nigerian American and Muslim woman, and Thomas, an openly gay Puerto Rican man. These USAC Alicante alumni offer tips for energizing your identity.

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Secrets to spend less, travel more

The cost to study abroad is a huge concern, but this episode everything from setting a budgeting, avoiding overlooked costs, and leveraging all the ways to make a term abroad just as affordable as one at home. USAC Italy alumni Sophia DeYoung and Danny Rhodes host this episode, which includes essay writing advice from USAC Thailand alumnus Ricardo Estrada-Davila and USAC Italy alumnus Ryder Hankins.

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Building confidence, community & and appetite

It helps to be a part of a deep-rooted Italian community if you’re looking to be taught how to cook pasta the “right” way. University of Nevada Las Vegas graduate Ryder Hankins will walk us through the lasting impact of making good food and finding a friendly community as a queer person during his time in both the USAC Viterbo and USAC Torino programs.

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Exploring with Alumni: France, Japan, Korea & UK

From London bathrooms to Korean Fried Chicken, University of Nevada, Reno students and alumni Angelica, Dominic, Kaycee, and Olivia share their advice and most valuable study abroad experiences in England, Japan, France and Korea.