Pre-Departure Resources


Student Guides
Turning Your World Upside Down: Off to Oz! A Student's Guide to Australia (pdf*)
A Northwestern Student Guide to American University in Cairo (pdf*)

Academics
Turning Study Abroad into a Fellowship (pdf*)
Turning Study Abroad into a Senior Honors Thesis (pdf*)


Study Abroad Extras
Suggested Readings
Documenting Your Time Abroad - Journaling and Photography (pdf*)

Connect Jewish! *
Connect Jewish! is a program of The Hillels of Illinois, offering an opportunity for friendship contacts and exploring your Jewish roots by contacting you with a Jewish family abroad.
*Please note that this program is organized by The Hillels of Illinois, which is an organization independent of Northwestern University. Northwestern University makes no representations or recommendations regarding this program. Nor can Northwestern University assume any responsibility or liability for any injuries that may occur as a result of students' participation in the program.

Students Planning to Study in the U.K.
Many of you requested copies of the "Mind the Gap" Powerpoint presentations. They are downloadable here, as pdf documents. Just click on the ones you'd like to see!

• Be UK Hip! British Pop Culture in the 21st Century
• Hogwarts & Oxbridge? British Education from A to Z
• Order! Order!? UK Politics and Current Events
• Traveling "Roundabout" the UK: Discovering England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, & Wales

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