Students Studying Abroad

Emma Kalb originally heard of The American University of Paris through an indirect zoom email. Last year, Kalb and her friend Kaitlin Martin were doing a chemistry project together when Martin received a meeting link from AUP. The two thought nothing of it, until they decided to take a work break and spontaneously joined the zoom.  That’s when everything changed for Kalb.  “She logged onto th...

Amy Shaw is a well versed traveler. Born in Canada, Amy attended school in Toronto up until the second grade. From there they moved to Juneau, Alaska for two years, then back to Toronto for one before settling in California during the 6th grade—where they have resided until now as a senior. Although they seemed to have made a permanent residence in the U.S., intentions of returning to their r...

MK Sills applied to school in Dublin “on a whim.” With universities like Oregon State University and University of San Francisco on her Common App, University College Dublin was the single outlier—noticeably stationed outside the United States. Her interest in Ireland, however, was not so arbitrary, as Sills had already spent four years in the country.   “I was born in Atlanta, Georgia and I lived [in ...

Kasandra Georgi has never ventured outside the United States. That isn’t to say that she doesn’t have ambitions to, but rather hasn’t had the time. After graduation, however, Georgi is going to make that time herself, taking a gap year to live in Germany before transferring to a U.K. university. “Last year--my junior year--my dad was like, ‘hey why don’t you go with your grandma to ...