Gaining weight from delicious food and burning money at karaoke Past Review
By Tony Jeong (University of Toronto) - abroad from 06/28/2017 to 08/03/2017 with
Korea University: Seoul - International Summer Campus
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
Korea University gave a good outlook on what life would have been like if I studied at a university in a different country. I learned a lot and met many new people who made my experience great.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 1 month - 6 months |
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
I learned more in my summer from my classes than at my own university. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
The courses that I took really made me think critically and the professors really cared about how I learned the concepts in class. I was very surprised at how amazing everyone was. |
Finances
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* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?
(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost) |
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| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | $200/week |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Write a list of things you plan to buy before you go so that when you get there, you can determine what you actually need and not waste your money and then have no remaining funds for food and then starve and die. |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
Direct Enrollment/Exchange
| * Did you study abroad through an exchange program or did you directly enroll in the foreign university? | Exchange |
Other Program Information
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A Look Back
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Save up lots of money. Whatever sum you think is enough is only half the amount that you need. |
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