Lake Forest College News

February 06, 2012

Read students’ reflections from off-campus study

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.

  • 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.

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