Author Archives: Troy
Psychology Seminar, Pre College Enrichment Amherst
Carter Carter, an alumni and veteran leader of our high school summer programs abroad, will be teaching Psychology of the Criminal Mind and Psychology of Personality this summer on our Pre College Enrichment program at Amherst College. Carter … Continue reading
Advice for Teens Traveling Abroad on a Summer Program
In preparation for their first high school summer program abroad, many students and parents often ask for advice. We posed the question to our extended network of alumni and veteran leaders of our summer travel programs, and got some … Continue reading
Will A Summer Program Abroad Help Me Get Into College?
Tim Weed has been leading and directing high school summer programs abroad for more than 20 years. A novelist and creative writing educator, he has helped students find their narrative voice on programs in The Caribbean, Central and South America, … Continue reading
Patronus Memory: Essay from Excel Amherst College
Emily, a current junior at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, New York, participated in our pre-college enrichment program at Amherst College last summer. She recently shared this new writing project of hers, inspired by her wonderful friends and … Continue reading
Teaching Pants: A College Essay by Ghana Alumna
Gabby, a senior at Fox Lane High School in Pound Ridge, New York, traveled with us on two different summer community service programs abroad. She spent the summer of 2011 on our summer community service program in Vietnam and … Continue reading
College Essay: Community Service in Costa Rica
Aliya, a senior at Weber High School in Atlanta, Georgia, traveled on our high school community service program in Costa Rica this past summer. She submitted a collection of excerpts from her summer journal as one of her essays for … Continue reading
College Essay: Volunteering in Senegal
Roderick traveled with us on our high school summer community service program in Senegal in 2011. A current senior at Camden High School in Camden, South Carolina, he will be attending Wofford College in the fall. The essay below, about … Continue reading
College Essay: Communicating in India
Katherine, from Durango, Colorado, traveled on our high school summer volunteer program in India last summer. A senior at The Hotchkiss School, she wrote the following essay on cross-cultural communication and language as part of her college application. She’ll be … Continue reading
Assumptions: An Essay from Our France Program
Daniel, a sophomore at Trevor Day School in New York City, traveled with us on our high school language program in France in 2012. He recently shared this essay with us about his experience with his French homestay family.
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Gender in Cambodia: A College Essay by Hailey
Hailey traveled with us on our high school summer program in Cambodia in 2012, focusing on gender and the arts in a country recovering from the devastating effects of genocide. She recently shared this college essay she wrote about her … Continue reading