Learn Online While Living in Bali

I joined Edumadic as a girl who didn’t know what she wanted. I came back with a plan and lots of motivation to carry it out. Edumadic helped me finding myself back and gave me the time of my life! Meeting so many different people from different cultures taught me a lot and I’m forever grateful for that experience.

I went to Bali for 6 weeks with other like-minded people, we became close friends and spent most of our free time together, eating, surfing, traveling, studying etc. Becoming close friends with "strangers" was one of the biggest reasons why I wanted to be part of Edumadic. I think it's great to get to know other people from different cultures.

Being able to combine traveling, meeting beautiful souls from all over the world and studying was a life changing experience ! I wish I could do it all over again. Bali stole my heart and I’m forever grateful to be an Edumad.

When signing up for Edumadic, I had no idea what to expect. I had so many questions (of which the team kindly responded to) and even reached out to a ton of people on Instagram who had previously travelled with them.

This trip changed my life in too many ways to count. It pushed me to hold myself accountable with my educational pursuits. You can study and learn as much as you want to if you set yourself up for success. It also gave me a support system of Program Coordinators and fellow Edumads that I know will become lifelong friends. I had help with anything I needed, felt very safe and assured, and was NEVER alone unless I wanted to be.

Edumadic is incredible and I recommend it to everyone is wanting to take some time out of their lives to study something new while also exploring a new country and themselves.

Before Edumadic I was not comfortable traveling alone. I was stuck in my comfort zone. When the idea of Edumadic was presented to me, I knew right away that it was what I needed.

After graduating from high school, I jumped straight into work as a freelance web developer and photographer. I was already aware that I could educate myself online and I had been taking free online courses for the past four years. I was also aware that the work I was doing with these new skills could be done remotely from anywhere with an internet connection.

Could I have done this trip alone? Yes. But after just the first day on my trip I remembered why I didn't. Edumadic is a community. The people in my group started to become an everyday part of my life. We worked together, ate meals together, and even collaborated on projects. Traveling alone is lonely and scary sometimes, but with the Edumadic group I knew I always had friends to lean on.

After 6 weeks in paradise, I had accomplished more than I have in my entire career. The group leaders gave great tips on everything you could want to know about the area we stayed in. They also organized trips for us every week which was a huge blessing and time saver. Along the way, I met tons of friends from all over the world that I'll forever be in touch with.

Today I'm already thinking about when my next trip will be. A huge thank you to Edumadic for taking me outside my comfort zone.

Edumadic gave me an experience I never thought I would get, with a fantastic group of people. I climbed an active volcano, saw waterfalls and beaches, saw plenty of amazing sunsets. The chance to have this fantastic experience with a group who had different lives and outlooks to me made it much better for me. The balance of adventure and study was perfect, and I loved having the flexibility to study as much as I wanted. I managed to achieve my goal of getting the first draft of my dissertation completed. I really appreciated that living there really gave us a chance to find a routine and to experience Bali as a local! The area had great coffee shops to work and good nightlife. The whole place had a really nice vibe about it. Would totally recommend!

I decided a few years ago to make the scary decision to choose Global & International Studies as my major at university. It came with loads of questions like "What's that?" and "What kind of job are you going to have with that degree?" and "Is that even a major?" I decided that no amount of confused relatives or doubt about my financial future could stop me from learning more about our world, new cultures, and what it truly means to be international.

I spent many semesters learning about international development, world religions, and global economics from books and professors, but I did not truly understand what these concepts look like in action until I traveled with Edumadic.

Edumadic was the perfect opportunity for me to practice what I had learned previously about intercultural exchange, and to develop the ideas of globalization I was learning through my online course during the trip. I was able to see firsthand what everyday life is like in a different culture.

During the trip, I also became very close with my fellow Edumads. Interacting regularly with peers from different states and countries was extremely valuable to me, and gave me the opportunity to create new international friendships.

Overall, Edumadic helped me to further my international education without the price of overseas tuition. It also helped me create new friendships and memories that I hope to have for a lifetime. Most importantly, Edumadic helped me push myself to try something new and scary, that ultimately became one of the best and most transformational experiences of my life.

From the start of my time in college I knew I wanted to do a big trip somewhere, I started saving money where I could, I had lofty dreams of backpacking Europe or exploring South America for a couple months. I was never really sure where I wanted to go, just that I had a hunger for travel. At the time of graduation I was finding I still needed experience in programming languages to land some jobs that interested me. I almost gave up on my dream to travel post grad when I stumbled across Edumadic, promising to fulfill your traveling desires while enabling you to learn things that YOU want.

When I arrived in Bali I had no idea what to expect, I just flew across the world to travel with a group of strangers. All of the Irrational fears that I had upon arrival were instantly gone upon meeting the group. Experiencing all these incredible things together like 2 AM hikes up a mountain to catch a sunrise that literally takes your breath away; to just having your morning cup of coffee together at the local cafe while you study, we formed bonds that reach all over the world.

I highly recommend Edumadic to anyone who finds themselves in a similar situation that I was in. I was able to complete two different courses that allowed me to create my own programs and add them to job applications and formed memories and friendships that will last a lifetime in the process!