{"id":99,"date":"2020-10-16T16:05:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T16:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/2020\/10\/16\/julianne-lewis\/"},"modified":"2020-10-16T16:05:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T16:05:15","slug":"julianne-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/2020\/10\/16\/julianne-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"Julianne Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey guys! My name is Julianne Lewis and I am finishing up my senior year, graduating in December. I\u2019m studying Biological Sciences with minors in psychology and Spanish. I studied abroad for a semester in Leeds, England in spring 2019. I would have also loved to study abroad in a Spanish speaking country, but I had already finished all of my Spanish courses at that point in time. I\u2019ve always wanted to go to Europe, especially England, which led me to the program I attended at University of Leeds!\u00a0<\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n

My biggest fear before going abroad was that I would have a hard time meeting new people and making good friends. The study abroad program at Leeds held an orientation day for all of the exchange students which is where I met all the people I ended up being very close with. Although I made a lot of friends, I spent a good amount of time abroad. My semester abroad truly helped me to be at peace with myself and understand that being alone does not mean that you are lonely.<\/span><\/p>\n

I struggled with generally figuring things out at first. Things like public transportation, navigating the grocery store, understanding common slang I wasn\u2019t familiar with etc. Being in situations when I didn\u2019t know how to pay for the bus or got confused in airports when traveling were times where I felt uncomfortable, confused, or maybe even a little hopeless. But in those times of discomfort and feeling like I had no idea what I was doing is when I think I really grew as a person. I truly believe that without these challenges, I would not be as independent nor resourceful as I am now. It definitely sounds cheesy and something that everyone says after they study abroad but it really is true that you discover who you are and who you are me<\/span>\"\"ant to be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The academic style in Leeds definitely differed from that at NC State. Most of my courses only had 1-2 grades that dictated my entire grade. This was intimidating at first, but I realized that with just a few adjustments to my typical study habits, I could successfully stay u<\/span>p to speed in class and still earn good grades. I took a normal course load with some upper level science classes and some GEP courses to fulfill requirements for graduation. I loved getting to experience a different style of learning and changing my ways of thinking in order to be successful in my classes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Going abroad for a semester was one of the best decisions I ever made. I can honestly say that studying abroad made me a better student, broadened my perspective on different cultures and environments, and allowed for so much personal growth. I am so thankful for the NC State Study Abroad for the experiences I had, life lessons I have learned and for the opportunity to stay involved in the Study Abroad program as a Pack Abroad Ambassador. <\/span><\/p>\n

This post was originally published<\/a> in Study Abroad.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false,"raw":"Hey guys! My name is Julianne Lewis and I am finishing up my senior year, graduating in December. I\u2019m studying Biological Sciences with minors in psychology and Spanish. I studied abroad for a semester in Leeds, England in spring 2019. I would have also loved to study abroad in a Spanish speaking country, but I had already finished all of my Spanish courses at that point in time. I\u2019ve always wanted to go to Europe, especially England, which led me to the program I attended at University of Leeds!\u00a0<\/span>\"\"\r\n\r\nMy biggest fear before going abroad was that I would have a hard time meeting new people and making good friends. The study abroad program at Leeds held an orientation day for all of the exchange students which is where I met all the people I ended up being very close with. Although I made a lot of friends, I spent a good amount of time abroad. My semester abroad truly helped me to be at peace with myself and understand that being alone does not mean that you are lonely.<\/span>\r\n\r\nI struggled with generally figuring things out at first. Things like public transportation, navigating the grocery store, understanding common slang I wasn\u2019t familiar with etc. Being in situations when I didn\u2019t know how to pay for the bus or got confused in airports when traveling were times where I felt uncomfortable, confused, or maybe even a little hopeless. But in those times of discomfort and feeling like I had no idea what I was doing is when I think I really grew as a person. I truly believe that without these challenges, I would not be as independent nor resourceful as I am now. It definitely sounds cheesy and something that everyone says after they study abroad but it really is true that you discover who you are and who you are me<\/span>\"\"ant to be.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/span>The academic style in Leeds definitely differed from that at NC State. Most of my courses only had 1-2 grades that dictated my entire grade. This was intimidating at first, but I realized that with just a few adjustments to my typical study habits, I could successfully stay u<\/span>p to speed in class and still earn good grades. I took a normal course load with some upper level science classes and some GEP courses to fulfill requirements for graduation. I loved getting to experience a different style of learning and changing my ways of thinking in order to be successful in my classes.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nGoing abroad for a semester was one of the best decisions I ever made. I can honestly say that studying abroad made me a better student, broadened my perspective on different cultures and environments, and allowed for so much personal growth. I am so thankful for the NC State Study Abroad for the experiences I had, life lessons I have learned and for the opportunity to stay involved in the Study Abroad program as a Pack Abroad Ambassador. <\/span>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey guys! My name is Julianne Lewis and I am finishing up my senior year, graduating in December. I\u2019m studying Biological Sciences with minors in psychology and Spanish. I studied abroad for a semester in Leeds, England in spring 2019. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"ncstate_wire","ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-_from-newswire-collection-6"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/web-platform-free-tier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}