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...standard setup of a study abroad program, a student lives either with other students or with a host family. Arrangements skew towards the former; in 21 of the 26 Harvard Summer School Programs for 2009, participants will live with other students either in dorms or in a hotel. Students mostly attend classes at a local university. In this setup it is hard to get maximum exposure to another culture. Students tend to become friends with the people they associate with the most: their classmates and housemates. These are usually other Americans or foreigners who can speak English and are familiar...
...clear, study is still a valuable component of an international experience. In fact, study and work are perfect complements. Study enables you to understand the things you see and experience. However, going abroad for the academics alone is bound to be unsatisfying. Therefore, if you might study abroad this summer or next year, look for a program that incorporates work. Or, find an accommodating study program and then find work separately. If you want a formal job then find the work first; you’ll need your employer’s vouching when applying for a work visa...
...That summer your best friend spent interning at Lehman Brothers...
...enumerating his sources of inspiration in his campaign for UC president, Koenigs points first to a fateful encounter with President-elect Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention this summer...
...ridership has risen 5.5 percent this year, according to information released by the MBTA last week. Red Line patron Richard F. Days said he has experienced the crowding first hand. “I felt like a sardine,” he said of an experience last summer on the T. Mary C. Roche, another T rider, said she has experienced packed T cars as well but still expressed her misgivings about the MBTA’s new program. “On one ride people actually had to get off. I think that’s dangerous and unhealthy...