Word: makurath
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...institutions, including Princeton, but stopped looking at U.S. schools after the University of York in England made her an unconditional offer. She knows England well, having vacationed there during her childhood, and was pleased that she would be allowed to concentrate entirely on her chosen subject, English literature. Todd Makurath, 20, decided not to return for his sophomore year at Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina because he "wanted to be in a much more stimulating academic environment." Regaled with tales about Trinity College Dublin by some Irish students working at Myrtle Beach, S.C., on summer visas, he decided that...
...David Johnston, the president of the University of Waterloo in Ontario, "borders are less and less barriers and more and more invitations." Those who accept may find they learn as much from living in a new country as they do in their classes. Attending a foreign school, suggests Todd Makurath, "teaches you to think not just in terms of your city or even country but to look at the world as a whole. It's the ultimate learning experience." Nefra Faltas agrees: "My whole world," she says, "seems so much larger...
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