Credit: Katie Bell Back in 2018, I went out on a limb and accepted an offer to do my first year of undergrad at the Queen’s Bader International Study Centre (BISC), located in East Sussex, England, where students go to school at Herstmonceux Castle. I took a plane to London in August, and that’s when it finally hit me: I was a 17-year-old about to live in a foreign country for a year without knowing anyone. Looking back, it was the best experience of my life. When I first arrived, I was in awe of the Castle. It was everything I’d imagined. It had a drawbridge, a moat, and the gardens were amazing. It felt like I was living in a fairy tale.