August 9, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Marcus For the past 75 days since May 15, I have been up in Alaska participating in the NOLS Summer Semester. This nearly 3-month trip involves 25 days of sea kayaking, 25 days of mountaineering, and finally 25 days...
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August 7, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Daria This post was submitted in spring 2023. Since arriving in Aiken, I have completed two recognized events at the Beginner Novice (2’7” jumps) level with my lease pony, Ella. She is a very experienced pony, so I am...
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June 27, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Nathan In April and May, I spent 20 days traveling through Argentina’s northern provinces with 40 other foreign exchange students. We departed from Cordoba and drove 27 hours to the northeasternmost province of Argentina to visit Iguazu Falls. The...
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June 15, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Maya At the beginning of February, I moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to start the next phase of my gap year. In this new stage, I live on a campus with hundreds of students from around the world,...
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June 8, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Quinn “Hi, my name is Quinn, I’m from NJ, and I am taking this class because Ryan Reynolds shared in an episode of Smartless that he, at nineteen years old, spontaneously moved to Los Angeles to take classes at...
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June 5, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Campbell As discussed in previous blog posts, I have used this time to grow as a filmmaker. At the beginning of last summer, I went to the beach one day to film a friend surfing. Who would have thought...
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May 23, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Daria Since I assume most of the readers of this blog are not horse people, I thought I would take the opportunity to introduce the amazing sport that I am spending this year learning all about. I compete my...
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May 19, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Emmie My dance season ended on April 29th and since then I have taken maybe three ballet classes. This was a drastic shift from my schedule the last 8 months where I spent on average 6 hours in the...
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May 17, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Benjamin Reflecting upon the past year of playing chess, I would consider it a major success — I got to master, made new friends, and had fun. However, studying ferociously and traveling for tournaments has forced me to step...
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May 12, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Maya In April, I had the opportunity to go to Poland with the rest of my gap year program. The purpose of the trip was to get a closer look at the intolerance and horror that took place during...
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