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Final week, we submitted our large unbiased research tasks and I can safely say everybody in our program appears to be like extremely relieved. The entire month of November was devoted to analysis and it has lastly come to an finish. Whereas the entire course of was very rewarding, it was a brand new form of problem I hadn’t needed to navigate earlier than. Whereas overseas, the teachers haven’t been as rigorous as they’re on campus. I discovered that balancing unbiased analysis and this versatile time interval was a problem that resembled pupil life for me again at GW. This timeframe pushed me even more durable to ascertain a short lived steadiness between analysis and leisure as a result of there was nonetheless a lot I wished to see and didn’t get to earlier within the semester. Now, we’re in our presentation interval and studying about one another’s shows. It’s actually unbelievable to listen to from my friends researching and pursuing their passions. I’m very happy with the way in which the administrators of this program organized presentation interval as a result of it permits college students to showcase their wealth of data on extremely attention-grabbing matters that I might haven’t in any other case found. This does, nonetheless, imply that this system is coming to an finish.
Saying goodbye to Switzerland is unquestionably going to be bittersweet. I’ve had an incredible semester overseas right here and really feel like I’ve made essentially the most of all this nation has to supply. Positive, the price of residing right here is astronomically excessive, however there are methods to make it work whereas nonetheless having enjoyable. I’ve met unbelievable individuals overseas and I sit up for holding in contact and planning visits with them. The bonds we have now been capable of set up on such a brief timeline are at a stage I didn’t anticipate coming into this system. Touring and learning overseas with my mates has solely introduced us nearer and I can solely want everybody has the privilege of experiencing the wonders of friendship overseas. That’s to not say I don’t miss my mates again house. I consider them on daily basis and we have now stored in contact as a lot as our schedules have allowed. We rely down the times and brainstorm all of the issues we’re going to do once I return.
It feels prefer it was simply yesterday that I used to be assembly different college students on the Nyon hostel for our orientation. But right here we’re… touring, singing, dancing, laughing with and supporting one another. Quickly, we are going to go our separate methods and again to the lives we briefly left. I’m each excited and nervous for the transitions of readjusting to DC life. One factor’s for positive although and that’s I’m without end grateful for the love, mentorship, assist, and friendship throughout my time overseas and search to hold these heat reminiscences wherever my subsequent adventures take me.
