The Tree in the Lake is a short creative piece written from the perspective of the Wānaka Tree — a lone willow in New Zealand’s Lake...

There’s something about knowing your time in a place is limited. It makes you do more, see more, appreciate things others take for granted. That urgency creates a magnetism. Newness carries a kind of magic. Barely 24 hours in, and he was already renting a car and planning a spontaneous trip. I admire—and miss—that kind of energy. The kind I had while on exchange at Dartmouth.

I was convinced that moving abroad—somewhere new, vibrant, exciting—would finally make me feel fulfilled. After all, when I was in Thailand on exchange, I was happy. When I was back in Auckland? Not so much.

I froze. My brain started firing on all cylinders, and my heart raced. Do I do it? I hesitated for what felt like an eternity.

I used to think vision boards were just star-sign-y, manifestation-y woo-woo—how could pasting colorful images onto blank white make your

During my three-month exchange term at Dartmouth in the fall, I started noticing people wearing handmade-looking rings. When I complimented them, they’d casually say, “Oh, I made it at the jewelry studio.” I added it to my mental bucket list… and promptly forgot about it.

What is the American college experience like? Is it really like what we see in the movies? These questions planted the seed for me to apply for an exchange in the U.S. I’m from New Zealand (NZ), where most people grow up engaging heavily with American media and entertainment from politics to Hollywood.

American students told me Dartmouth is not a sports school, so its games aren't a good representation of American football culture.

I didn’t know how beautiful fall could be until going to Second College Grant for the weekend.

It felt like a dragon was breathing fire on my lower back. We’d been standing at this pier for one hour - an hour longer than expected.

When I said I wanted to solo-travel Thailand, friends and family told me it wasn’t safe and not to travel there, especially alone. Well, tha

Chinese people are incredibly warming and caring to family and friends. Gift giving and acts of service skyrocket for guests.

Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟): one of the most beautiful places in China. The national park, deemed “Fairyland on Earth”, would be a natural wonder fille

This article will share all my insights about life at Tsinghua, particularly for those of you interested in doing an exchange or language pr

Chengdu is a classic tourist city with a lot of hotspots and amazing atmosphere. Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province, which is famous

As I closed my eyes, I envisioned myself atop a mountain, a breeze fluttering through my hair while being encompassed by lush green treetops

An ostensibly well intended question. Since coming home, I’ve been asked this question in multiple different ways.

To me, the best way to make the most of an experience is to do the things you couldn’t do anywhere else but that place - the things you...

Recently the University of Auckland (UoA) hosted Champions’ Trophy 2024, a week-long, annual international case competition involving...

Introduction Four days into an overseas experience in Bangkok, Thailand, and already, I’ve been struck by some of the stark differences...