Tag: USA

It was such a privilege to have represented Stellenbosch University at the Chicago Forum for Global Cities held on 1 – 3 June 2016 in Chicago, USA.

In preparation for my trip I was fortunate to still have a valid United States visa. It is critical to start as soon as possible with your visa application seeing that Stellenbosch University only receives the invitation from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs through another, partner university. At the Forum I addressed this issue and thus hopefully they will send the invitation directly to Stellenbosch University next year which will provide more time for a visa application.

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Pre-departure:

My journey to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) began months before the actual departure, when I became interested in travelling abroad to gain some experience at an international university. At the end of my Honour’s year, I realised that I hadn’t taken full advantage of the wonderful opportunities that Stellenbosch University offers to its students, and I made a promise to myself that I would do everything I could to go overseas during my studies for my Master’s degree. When my Master’s supervisor and I met at the end of my Honour’s year, I was very explicit with him that it was important to me to use the opportunity to travel overseas during my Master’s degree. He was very supportive and I knew that I would be able to make this dream of mine become a reality.

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How I made it to Stanford:

After having applied for Stanford’s summer programme in December of last year, I was fortunate enough to hear in early February that I had been accepted. Notification of this acceptance set a number of events in motion, all of which were required to make the trip possible. Among having to secure the necessary VISA and ensure that I would not have any issues with regard to the classes I would miss, I had to find a way to raise the funds necessary to attend Stanford.

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