Study Abroad

[kami333]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Originally posted by: Skiddex

Originally posted by: SirStev0
seemed pointless... seems to me that a lot of kids do it for no real reason

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Shallow people do it for bragging rights.

obviously you have NO idea why you are talking about

QFT.

Going abroad is the best thing you can do in college, hands down.

Edit: I spent a semester + a summer in Berlin, Germany.

I've never heard anyone say the regret going abroad, but plenty of people say the regret that they didn't (well, at least until they see their cc statement)

 

[Jawo]

Yes, I went to India for two and a half weeks. It was done through my school, not a foreign college. We visited lots of businesses over there and it was really a great opportunity to see a radically different culture, (even if the bus did say Tourist) on the front.

 

[alphatarget1]

Originally posted by: SirStev0
seemed pointless... seems to me that a lot of kids do it for no real reason

Some do, but some get a lot out of it.

 

[alphatarget1]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Shallow people do it for bragging rights.

Nice generalization. :roll:

 

[alphatarget1]

Went to Hamburg, Germany (still there until August!)

Host Uni: Universität Hamburg
Home Uni: CSU Chico

I visited Germany, Austria, Holland, Denmark and Sweden so far. Will go to Italy with my girlfriend in about two weeks! I met a ton of people and it was the best time of my life!

 

[alphatarget1]

Originally posted by: kami333

Originally posted by: aswedc

Originally posted by: kami333
Did a semester in Denmark. Loved it so much I ended up going back to Denmark and working for the program for a while.

My experience was that I lived with a host family, commuted 45min into the city for class, got drunk with my professors, argued politics/arts/what the best beer is with Danes, etc and overall had a good experience.

It all depends on you whether you make the experience worthwhile or not. I saw many people who only hung out with people from their school (some schools had 20+ students there from the same major), or with other Americans, or just stayed home all the time (on ATOT perhaps?), which is kind of sad. Certain things will be slightly or really uncomfortable, like going to a party where everyone is speaking in a language you don't understand, but if you wanted comfortable you could stay at home in bed all day.

So the school you went to hosted a lot of American students from different colleges? I assume most people there spoke English, and weren't bothered by Americans who didn't speak Danish? Mind telling me what program it was?

Denmarks International Study Program Everyone calls it DIS. A couple months earlier and you would have seen me on the IT page😉

We had about 350 students a semester, about 300 Americans, 10-20 Chinese students, some Russians etc. It was mostly American though.

They take care of pretty much everything, visa, insurance, housing, commuting, study tours, scheduling and registering (classes were at different universities throughout Copenhagen), etc so all you basically had to do was buy a plane ticket. Which is good for some people, others like to have less structure/more freedom and do the typical college exchange program where you take care of everything (housing can be a real pain to deal with, I ended up homeless on my supervisor's couch a couple times when I was working there).

Everyone pretty much speaks good English, it's actually hard to practice Danish since they all want to practice their English with you and not deal with your broken English.

btw nightlife there is unbelievable, midnight is early, most bars and clubs are open until 5am or even 10am:Q

TIVOLI!

 

[CVSiN]

I study "a broad" every night!

/drum roll

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: aswedc
Have you done it? Where did you go? What was your home school and host school? What were your experiences?

Yes. Her name was Jen. I did it in her back yard. don't need a school, just a pair of binoculars and a nice tree or bush to hide behind. satisfying.


oh wait, you meant studying for college overseas?

edit: guess i should have read the whole thread before posting. i've been beaten to it.

 

[lizardboy]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Shallow people do it for bragging rights.

Even shallower people rack up 7000+ posts in 17 months. Get your ass out from behind the monitor and get a clue.