{"id":3139,"date":"2023-07-10T16:17:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T21:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/?page_id=3139"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:25:39","slug":"know-before-you-go","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/know-before-you-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Before You Go"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Learn how to plan your travels, book your flight, and navigate an airport.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t<\/header>\n\n<\/article>\n\n

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\n Learn about some of the common necessary travel documents.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t<\/header>\n\n<\/article>\n\n

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\n Ensure you are well prepared to study abroad\/away prior to your program beginning. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t<\/header>\n\n<\/article>\n\n

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\n Learn if and how you are eligible to study abroad\/away as a first year student. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t<\/header>\n\n<\/article>\n\n

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\n Explore studying abroad\/away with an accommodation and\/or disability. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t<\/header>\n\n<\/article>\n\n

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\n The Smith Center supports diverse identities for studying abroad\/away. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t<\/header>\n\n<\/article>\n\n

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Studying abroad\/away forces you to cope with an entire different lifestyle, academic demands, financial needs, pressure to balance coursework and explore.\u00a0 Finding your support system while you are studying abroad\/away is important and can help in managing your social, emotional, and physical health.\u00a0 Watch the video to find out how other Oles were able to find support while they were abroad\/away.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4103,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3139"}],"version-history":[{"count":131,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9019,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3139\/revisions\/9019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/smithcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}