One question I always get from prospective students is about roommates. This is understandable; most of us have never shared a bedroom with our siblings, much less a perfect stranger. I have mostly had good experience with my roommates throughout college, but studying abroad seemed a little scary… I...
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So I currently live across the Atlantic Ocean from all of my family, most of my friends, and both my homes (Chicago and Butler), in a country that does NOT speak English, in a tiny apartment with strangers... This could be very intimidating... but not with my Butler family here! There are seventeen of...
During our orientation, we had to go to a session where we learned about culture shock - moments when you realize another culture is really different than yours, and you might freak out a little. The examples they gave were pretty tame, such as “In Spain, mullets are popular and do not actually symbolize...