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Studying Abroad Your Experience

#1 heavenly angel

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Posted 12 July 2006 - 11:22 PM

Have any of you ever study abroad to a different school or country??

im going to Korea this coming fall to study...im going to finish my gen. ed

what was your experience??

any advice??

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Posted 13 July 2006 - 01:14 PM

i was an exchange student for a summer does that count? i had to go to a japanese high school and sit through all the classes....

actually it doesnt realli count cuz all i did was doodle and be bored out of my mind while everyone actually studied and learned ...-___-

anyways good luck with your study abroad i plan to do that too later on

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Posted 13 July 2006 - 01:24 PM

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#4 heavenly angel

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Posted 13 July 2006 - 01:29 PM

actually i had japan in mind too...

i am going to try to go on 4 study abroad trips and it'z korea, japan, spain, and england...^^ thankx ill check your blog ^^

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Posted 13 July 2006 - 08:41 PM

QUOTE(heavenly angel @ Jul 13 2006, 02:29 PM)

actually i had japan in mind too...

i am going to try to go on 4 study abroad trips and it'z korea, japan, spain, and england...^^ thankx ill check your blog ^^

isn't that really expensive? are you saving up all your GEs for study abroad or what?

QUOTE(heavenly angel @ Jul 13 2006, 02:29 PM)

actually i had japan in mind too...

i am going to try to go on 4 study abroad trips and it'z korea, japan, spain, and england...^^ thankx ill check your blog ^^

isn't that really expensive? are you saving up all your GEs for study abroad or what?

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Posted 15 July 2006 - 07:48 PM

I did a stint in England during Fall '06. Great experience but really bad food.

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Posted 16 July 2006 - 07:45 AM

I came to US from Indonesia in 1999, first one year was tough, because my English still suck, couldnt talk to anybody.
But, after awhile, I love living here, the only thing I missed from my homecountry is the food.

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Posted 16 July 2006 - 02:36 PM

I'm thinking of study abraod in thailand for summer and it's pretty cheap too! only around $3000 but that's with housing im going to commute to school there so probably be cheaper.

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Posted 16 July 2006 - 04:14 PM

LOL

I'm studying abroad RIGHT NOW in England! I'm dorming at the univeristy in Brighton and i'm having a blast =) The only good food here is Indian food and Fish and chips, no kidding.

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Posted 16 July 2006 - 04:42 PM

QUOTE(jeanhee @ Jul 15 2006, 09:48 PM)

I did a stint in England during Fall '06. Great experience but really bad food.

i was in england too... the food was really bad X_X... and everything was so expensive. but it was really cool.

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Posted 16 July 2006 - 07:06 PM

QUOTE(Charomatic @ Jul 16 2006, 08:42 PM)

i was in england too... the food was really bad X_X... and everything was so expensive. but it was really cool.

Yeah.... I kinda went crazy one month and rang up a $900 credit card bill (which I just finished paying off). Stupid London High Street shopping. Regent Street is the DEVIL!!!!!

Oh yeah, and since the food sucked, I ended up eating out A LOT. And even then, it wasn't that good.

But I loved the fashion (despite everything) and the accents were so droolworthy. Even if a guy was really busted, he would gain 10 cool points because of his accent. Why can't Americans have awesome accents, too? Damn.

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Posted 17 July 2006 - 02:50 PM

^haha, yeah english accents are awesome!!

i want to do this later on, but does anyone have a ballpark of how much this costs? i heard it was alot... X_X

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Posted 17 July 2006 - 10:50 PM

im having a blast here in South Korea, although it is rainy season!

I just got back from the mud festival, so fun!

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Posted 18 July 2006 - 03:44 PM

i would love to study abroad.. either south korea, england or italy =)

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Posted 21 July 2006 - 04:42 PM

I actually want to study abroad but everything offered through my school my financial aid will cover is all for liberal arts and stuff.

No love for the science majors. =(

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Posted 23 July 2006 - 10:05 AM

QUOTE(aznxgurl @ Jul 17 2006, 06:50 PM)

^haha, yeah english accents are awesome!!

i want to do this later on, but does anyone have a ballpark of how much this costs? i heard it was alot... X_X

You should go to the study abroad office to find out how your school works.

At my school, you only have to pay the tuition of a regular semester at your home university... since I'm in-state, it's pretty good. We only had to pay for housing, food, and extra expenses.

Plane ticket was about $600.
Housing - $6000 (includes meal plan, library fees - Oxford charges extra library fees - those bitches.)
Extra expenses - this can vary depending on how much you want to travel in Europe. A Eurorail pass is like $400. A Britrail pass that allows you to travel in the U.K. is around $200.
If you want, you can buy cheap plane tickets - ranging from 50-60 pounds to fly around Europe.

Spending money goes really quickly, especially when you're in a foriegn country... most likely from the fact that it doesn't feel or look like the money you're used to, so you just think it's play money. I would save at least $1,000 for extra expenses. That would give you amble room to shop, travel, eat out, go to plays, etc.

The great thing about Europe is that the hostel system is really nice. Some places (like Amsterdam) has some really bootleg hostels, but most of the time, they're pretty okay. Just travel in a group to be safe.

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#17 heavenly angel

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Posted 23 July 2006 - 07:42 PM

yeah it ish expensive...but im not going to do a year long program like im going to do this coming fall semester...
im hoping those places i can study abroad during the summer...^^

i reallie want to go to those places and my school has connections that reduces most of the cost...^^
and i also have relatives or friends living in those parts of countries...i am probably able to stay with them...^^

thank you for your experiences...^^

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 08:36 AM

yay for chicago person
i went to spain and it was awesome
next time try something non asian

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Posted 25 July 2006 - 02:02 AM

QUOTE(jeanhee @ Jul 17 2006, 04:06 AM)

We do have accents, but we just don't hear them as obviously as some and English or British people always compliment me on my American accent. Most of them like the slang terms and such. But it is really expensive here, I can't stand it.

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Posted 27 July 2006 - 09:52 AM

I hope to go study abroad in my junior year or somewhere around there. It seems to be a good experience since I'm an International Management major. I really want to go either Japan or China since my concentration is in Asia. But I'm afraid to go by myself since I never really left my hometown before.