If there is one advice I can give any person who is thinking about studying abroad is to do it before your final year or to do a program where all you need is for the credit to count. The reason I say this is because I am currently feeling very stressed out.
Being in EAP means that I am also enrolled at UCLA. Unlike most study abroad students, my grades at UC Dublin will affect my final GPA. Most students are in programs that will transfer the credit only. This means that the grade won't affect their GPA but they will still earn the credit to complete their degree. I chose EAP because it was the easiest way to transfer credit to UCLA but I do wish I explored different programs.
Studying during my final term freaks me out because what I do here will affect the outcome of my final GPA and what not. These classes are the last ones I will ever take as an undergrad (unless I decide to take summer classes) and if I do badly then my high GPA that I've worked very hard for at UCLA will go down the drain. Because of this, I wish I had study abroad earlier in my undergrad career. This way, if my GPA goes down, I have the chance to take courses back home to raise it up.
In no way am I trying to keep people from wanting to study abroad. It is a lot of fun and I have met so many new people and seen so many pretty places. I just wish I had gone earlier in my undergrad career so I wouldn't be so stressed about doing schoolwork right now. The combination of senioritis and being abroad is not good. Well I'm off to get my schoolwork done before this weekend.
"Fear of Failure."
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