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I wanted to go back to school for my master’s but didn’t want to go into enormous debt.I decided to go abroad and study at the Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès in France.It was the best decision I ever made. I now live in Paris and have no plans to…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Charissa Enget, a content creator and cybersecurity architect who gained her graduate degree in Thailand. It has been edited for length and clarity.My family moved around when I was a kid. We spent two years in China and a few more in Venezuela. Those…
In May 2023, I became the first in my family to obtain a degree from a four-year institution. I sometimes forget how big of a deal it is that I graduated from a top-rated HBCU.College was always a given for me, but I never could’ve fathomed that I’d not only…
