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<p>As a student who has accessed accommodations at their home campus, Jenny Lopez (UC Los Angeles) shares critical tips to maintain your mental health, peace and balance throughout the transformative experience of study abroad. Don't let worries stop you from this once-in-a-lifetime experience!</p>

<p>Gigi Engalla (UC Berkeley) asked a well-traveled stranger for advice on the American study abroad experience and received a prophetic response. The lessons she learned about culture, politics and society on four months in Paris lead to unexpected self-discovery.</p>

<p>Why study abroad for a year? Typically, a full year abroad is the cheapest option - something that Katia Griffin (UC San Diego) learned when she decided to further her mother's legacy by living abroad as she did.</p>