June 29, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Katie Traveling around Europe with a friend was always on my mind. I grew up listening to my mother tell stories about all the thrilling adventures she had backpacking with her high school best friend one crazy summer during...
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June 26, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Alícia During my Gap Year, I embarked on a four-month adventure—the major planned event in my Gap Year period and the realization of a dream I had yearned for ever since I was three years old and a tiny...
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June 24, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Aviv For almost eight full months I traveled under the impression that there were not many young people traveling on a gap year before university. Then, I reached Southeast Asia. Arriving after traveling for a little more than a...
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June 10, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Sophia F At the end of my second semester in Kaohsiung studying Chinese, I traveled with the rest of the NSLI-Y cohort to Kinmen, a forty-minute flight from Taiwan. You may have heard about it in the news in...
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June 7, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Alícia During my time interning at the English National Ballet School Professional Trainee Program in London, I was fortunate to experience moments that can only be described as truly magical. From partaking in classes led by esteemed figures of...
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June 4, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Alessandra Welcome to another update on my gap year! I am really excited to share with you how my internship at a neurosurgery clinic at Stanford has been going! Did you know that surgeons remove pituitary tumors through your...
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June 3, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Charlie J Over the course of a month I traveled through New Zealand’s South Island exploring everything from coasts to glaciers. The geographical diversity of the South Island is both remarkable and frustrating. With a plethora of golden beaches...
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June 2, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Victoria If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my time in New Zealand, it’s that in times of emergency the best course of action is to smoke a cigarette. Of course, this 50s first-aid slogan only serves to suggest...
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May 29, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Sophia S In March, I spent the first week traveling to Takayama and Fukuoka in Japan. Even though both places were lovely, my favorite part has got to be the bus trip up the mountain. Even though it was...
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May 28, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Sharad Aug 2023 – May 2024 This year, I underwent two major ankle surgeries that required extensive physiotherapy. That meant making multiple trips to the rehab clinic every week for roughly 8 months. During this time, I’ve seen people...
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