Just a disclaimer here — if you clicked on this hoping to find insightful, good advice for studying abroad, you’re probably in the wrong place. That is because the following post was originally written for the April Fool’s edition of The Etownian, my college newspaper. An abridged version of this piece can be found in the print edition of the paper.
Although the Study Abroad Office and your study abroad program will do their best to prepare you for studying abroad, there are still things they’ll miss. I’ve been studying abroad in Germany for 8 months now, and I hope I will be able to fill in some gaps!