Student
      travel
      made
      easy
     
     
      This
      is
      not
      a
      spring
      break
      ad
     
    
   
   
    
     
      old
      routine?
      No,
      this
      is
      not
      a
      spring
     
    

    
     
      break
      vacation
      ad
      where
      you
      will
      spend
     
     
      hundreds
      of
      dollars
      to
      party
      for
      barely
      a
      week.
     
     
      What
      I
      am
      talking
      about
      is
      an
      exchange.
      Yes,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      D
      0
      you
      need
      a
      change?
      Tired
      of
      the
      same
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      offers
      exchange
      programs
      where
      you
      get
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      head
      off
      to
      another
      participating
      university
     
     
      for
      a
      semester
      or
      two.
     
    

    
     
      Last
      year,
      I
      went
      to
      Eastern
      New
      Mexico
     
     
      University
      for
      a
      semester.
      I
      went
      because
      I
     
     
      wanted
      adventure
      and
      figured
      that
      the
      south-
     
     
      west
      was
      as
      different
      from
      good
      ol’
      PEI
      as
      I
     
     
      could
      get.
      I
      had
      a
      BLAST.
      Just
      ask
      my
      poor
     
     
      roommates,
      who
      have
      to
      suffer
      through
      all
      my
     
     
      stories.
      I
      would
      go
      again
      in
      a
      second,
      just
      give
     
     
      me
      a
      plane
      ticket
      (My
      roomies
      are
      accepting
     
     
      donations
      toward
      a
      flight,
      I
      think
      they
      want
      to
     
     
      get
      rid
      of
      me).
      At
      the
      risk
      of
      sounding
      corny,
      it
     
     
      was
      good
      for
      me,
      too.
      I
      came
      back
      a
      lot
      more
     
     
      sure
      of
      myself.
      Surviving
      thousands
      of
      miles
     
     
      away
      from
      home
      is
      areal
      ego
      boost.
      Youare
     
     
      probably
      thinking,
      ‘‘
      good
      for
      her,
      she’s
      got
      rich
     
     
      parents
      to
      pay
      forit.””
      Wrong.
      Iam
      onastudent
     
     
      loan,
      just
      like
      much
      of
      the
      rest
      of
      the
      starving
     
     
      student
      population.
      I
      paid
      my
      regular
      UPEI
     
     
      tuition,
      fees,
      and
      room
      &
      board,
      plus
      spending
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      money,
      all
      of
      which
      I
      would
      have
      spent
      anyway.
     
     
      My
      loan
      was
      still
      valid,
      so
      the
      only
      other
      big
     
     
      fees
      were
      my
      transportation
      and
      health
      insur-
     
     
      ance.
     
    

    
     
      And
      if
      New
      Mexico
      doesn’t
      pique
      your
     
     
      interest,
      how
      about
      one
      of
      the
      other
      universi-
     
     
      ties?
      The
      other
      choices
      are
      South
      Florida,
     
     
      Scotland,
      Ohio,
      and
      Australia.
      This
      year
      UPEI
     
     
      has
      eight
      students
      out
      there
      teaching
      the
      rest
      of
     
     
      the
      world
      to
      say
      ‘‘EH’’.
     
    

    
     
      If
      you
      want
      to
      go,
      there
      are
      a
      few
      prerequi-
     
     
      sites.
      You
      need
      to
      have
      had
      a
      70%
      average
      in
     
     
      your
      five
      courses
      last
      semester.
      It
      is
      also
     
     
      recommended
      that
      you
      have
      some
      extra-cur-
     
     
      ricular
      activities.
      (This
      is
      where
      writing
      for
      the
     
     
      X-Press
      pays
      off-
      apart
      from
      the
      great
      personal
     
     
      satisfaction,
      that
      is.)
     
    

    
     
      Also,
      don’t
      worry
      about
      getting
      stranded
      in
     
     
      a
      foreign
      country.
      The
      exchange
      advisors
      are
     
     
      great
      about
      keeping
      you
      in
      touch,
      whether
      it
      is
     
     
      helping
      you
      figure
      out
      the
      new
      university
      or
      just
     
     
      giving
      you
      some
      much-needed
      gossip
      from
     
     
      home.
      Interested?
      Go
      into
      the
      student
      services
     
     
      office
      and
      talk
      to
      the
      advisor,
      Joe
      MacDonald,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      for
      more
      info.
     
     
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