( Warning: Contains Angst )

Well, yesterday I moved into my dorm room here. I can't really say I'm a fan of the dorm I've been assigned. It's mostly full of high-school students and younger trade-school type students, so mostly around the ages of 18-19. Because of this, the dorm manager is more strict about rules so that we don't wind up corrupting the young'uns. Not that ( Read more... )

Well, I made it to Japan. Somehow. I'm absolutely exhausted, and somewhat ill (bloody jetlag), and looking forward to getting to know my fellow program participants. They're putting us up in a hotel for two nights before sending us off to our dorms/homestays. So right now I'm sitting typing on my laptop in a single-occupancy dorm that is maybe ( Read more... )

Thanks, Carly, I think, for reminding me about the forums set up for CIEE Tokyo study abroad students. I started reading the thread about people's flights to and from Japan, and saw that someone had booked a flight back to the US on July 26th. People were wondering about that, because the program ends on the 30th. Apparently it had once ended on ( Read more... )

The first hurdle has been passed. I just got an email this afternoon telling me I've been accepted by CIEE into their program to study abroad at Sophia University in Tokyo next spring. Now, the final decision lies with Sophia, but this was the first major step. I guess I should bust my ass now and finish up the application to Macalester for ( Read more... )