Meet Ellie Duquaine
Ellie Duquaine is a student of Biomedical and Health Sciences Engineering at NC State. She came to NC State Prague for a Classic Spring semester in 2021. In her interview, she shares all things related to life in Prague during a pandemic, different teaching styles, and her biggest takeaways from this semester.
What was your motivation to come to study in Prague during the pandemic?
I’ve always wanted to go to Europe for a semester. Prague was the only program that worked with my strict Biomedical Engineering schedule. You have to take classes in the fall in the same order, and if you fail one subject, you are a year behind. I started the program a semester early, so I could have an open gap for my sophomore spring, which was this year. So this was the only possible chance to study abroad. And I told myself that I was going to apply in the midst of a pandemic, even if it might not happen. But it did and turned out to be incredible. Seeing an empty Prague and Old Town Square, I was able to take phenomenal photographs of the city. Living in the city as if you were a native Czech is a unique experience. It’s been really cool to see the weekend culture in the Czech Republic and how everybody loves to explore nature. It’s been really fun.
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