Author Archives: Nick
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Easter Break Abroad
This week, I thought I’d share with you guys my Easter Break plans! I feel bad writing a blog that isn’t directly related to Colby and may not actually help you choose Colby as a school, but hopefully this gives… Read more »
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Things I miss about Colby!
My last month abroad has been wicked amazing and I don’t think I ever want to leave New Zealand! But still, I find myself missing things from home from time to time. So I thought I’d make a list of… Read more »
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IFSA-Butler
I’ve met a ton of people from America here in New Zealand as well as huge amount of different nationalities – people from Malaysia, Polynesia, China, Thailand, Australia, and all over Europe. One thing that I’ve noticed from the Americans,… Read more »
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VUW Courses
Hey guys This week I’ll talk a little about academics here in New Zealand – and how completely different they are from Colby. The most general difference is how you’re just one of the thousands of students here on campus,… Read more »
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Kia ora!
I thought this week I’d give you guys a really quick overview of what being abroad is like, since I’ve been off the grid for a while! As soon as we landed in Auckland, IFSA-Butler (the group I, along with… Read more »
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Resume Building
One great resource that Colby has that you don’t really get from larger schools is the CCC: the Colby Career Center. While in the past I haven’t been too fond of the Career Center, I really don’t give it nearly… Read more »
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Game Design – GNAR!
Hey guys! This last week of JanPlan has been crazy – nightly CS group work in the lab, late night pizza delivery, not much sleep and really cranking out the final results of our project. On top of all that,… Read more »
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Study Abroad – Housing
This is it. Getting down to the wire.. two weeks until I go abroad and three more (full) days of JanPlan! I took most of my posters down today and the reality really started to set in. Next week, (this… Read more »
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VUW
In the last few months, I’ve thought a ton about how awesome going abroad is going to be, but sorta neglected the academic side of things. So, that’s what this week has been about – I’ve been getting to know… Read more »
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Game Design – CS369
Hey guys So this week I thought I’d talk about my JanPlan course. Some January courses up here on the hill are like a normal class – studying, midterms, papers, and finals. That’s pretty unusual though, generally a JanPlan class… Read more »
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