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Student Reflections
What do students think about their experiences off-campus after they return?
Returning participants complete both a program evaluation and a reflective essay about their off-campus experiences. Students considering a particular program may read these papers and find helpful information about their selected program.
Visit the Off-Campus Programs office, Johnson B-179, to find these documents, catalogs, and other information about available programs.
APPLICATION DEADLINES FOR ALL PROGRAMS (fall AND spring):
November 15: Eligibility documents due
Students must confirm eligibility by submitting required documents no later than November 15 of the year preceding program participation. The request for transferability of eligible financial aid must also meet this deadline. See my.lakeforest for forms and instructions.
February 1 of the year prior to participation: for eligible students, all Stage 2 documents, including the completed program application, available through the program website.
All students who study off campus write an essay upon their return. These reflections describe the students’ activities during their time away and, more importantly, how those experiences changed their perspective and what they learned about a new environment and about themselves.
Each semester, all reflections are entered as contest submissions. The author of the winning essay receives a small cash prize. That essay and other selected entries are published on this page.
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Spring 2012 Reflections Contest Winner
Read Alex Gilbert’s ’12 essay about finding hope at the last port of call during his semester traveling the world, when he was forced to hitchhike in a rainstorm in rural Honduras to make it back to his ship before it returned to the States. He writes, “I realized Semester at Sea changed my life. It made me into a global citizen, causing me to recognize my duty to change this world for the better, because I can.”
Honorable Mention
Read Farzeen Tariq’s ’12 essay about finding love and historical inspiration on Cornmarket Street in Oxford, England.
Joshua Bradley ’12 describes how saying goodbye to new friends led him to realize the life-changing impact his semester in Beijing on on him.
Happy Reading!
