Study Abroad, have you done it?

Question

If you have done or participated in a study abroad program, share your thoughts on your experience. What countries, and what courses did you take.

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Answer 1

I'm currently studying in the UK.

I'm taking medicine, and is currently in my first year.

UK is a very nice country, apart from its

terribly expensive currency.

People here are nice, and it has many vibrant cities.

Like myself, who is studying in Newcastle, i find the

city very interesting. Nice architecture, and a very

good mix of races and religions.

So far, none that i've met are racist, neither are they ethnocentric.

My friends are very understanding, and helpful.

Especially when they discover that i'm having some

issues to settle down.

And yeah, people here speak with accent! And i think

it's s**y.lol. But be aware, while others might already the

british accent as relatively harder to be understood than

that of the americans, things is so much worse when the

locals speak in their own dialect. Like newcastle itself,

people here speak 'geordie", and i still find it difficult to understand specifically when i'm having my patient-interview

session. :)

Answer 2

Yeah I've done it many years ago.

First of all, I'm from Malaysia and continue my studies in the United States in the fieeld of Economics. For my first two years, I was in Ohio and was quite miserable due to the weather, however, I enjoyed the studies and the college.

Since winter was unbearable, I transferred to Arizona State University and completed my studies and earned BSc in Economics.

After that, I continued my journey west and enrolled in San Diego State University to complete my M.A. in Economics.

Overall, I spent almost five and a half years in United States after I completed my GCE "O" Level equivalent.

Overall, studying abroad provide me with the invaluable experience that I would cherished for the rest of my life and I would strongly suggest to those who have the financial means to study abroad.