Unwashed Village
General Discussion => Unwashed Village => Topic started by: AcdQueen89 on October 11, 2007, 01:22:57 AM
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earlier i went to a thing about studying abroad. has anyone here (besides tank) studied abroad or know anything about it? i really would like to go to england and study, even if only for a semester. but i'm still kinda unsure. and then when i figure it out what are the differences (major differences) if i go for a semester or a full year?
pros and cons?
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I think Bluecross has. Mentioned something about 'gams' too.
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Yeh, but I'm pretty sure 'abroad' is two words.
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Well, if you come over to old Blighty to study, make sure you've got cash, and plenty of it to live on - you'll find here somewhat more expensive than what you're probably used to and since the dollar is so weak against the pound right now it just compounds the problem even further.
I believe it's $2.03 to £1 at the moment.
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according to the brochure i just looked at it will cost $9,000-13,000 living expenses and up to $20,000 tuition. that's less than what i'm paying now. assuming $600 plane tickets and going only for one semester... its still some less than what i'm paying now.
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£16551.72 Sterling value that is assuming the max values.
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that the tuition conversion?
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i'd try and get into an old established university like Aberdeen or Stirling who depend on a lot of overseas students like yourselves so they'll know how to treat you nice and make sure you're ok when you're here....possibly to the detriment of home grown students but i wont get into that just now.
i'd also suggest coming for the year cause you can take the time in between to travel further afield and do some touring so what Petrach said: Bring lots of money
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I think Bluecross has. Mentioned something about 'gams' too.
I do believe World War II was a conflict and not a study abroad program... I'd have to check the records tho.
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My brother-in-law studied abroad at Aberdeen (and all I got was a lousy T-shirt). He liked it a lot.
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Aberdeen would be a great place to study, accomodation is proving a nightmare just now because of a student demographic shift though. I work and study at Aberdeen and by next year I should be taking my teaching post-grad here too. The only issue here would be the massive cost of living in Aberdeen, eating out tends to cost double that of a city like Glasgow so you'd probably go over that projected cost of living budget.
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I would love to have studied abroad, just so that I could SAY I've studied abroad.
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How far does one have to go before its considered "abroad"? I mean, for some it might be just a lil hop, while for others its AAAAGES away.
That seems unfair to me.
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i'm in the states and i wanna go to europe. for me, i'm sure that counts.
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I studied abroad!!! I did it for a summer though, and I went to a Non-English speaking country (Ecuador). It was AWESOME. I happened to be there during the World Cup, and last year Ecuador did pretty well, so it was especially fun.
Ecuador is literally the perfect place to go for language immersion OR just for study-abroad in general. Their Spanish is easy to understand (no regional dialects and they speak pretty slowly), the people are small-town charmers, and the culture is amazing. Plus there is so much geographical diversity - in a country the size of Colorado, there's the Amazon rain forest, beaches, the Galapagos Islands, the Andes mountains, and jungle wetlands. AND they use the American dollar, so there's no currency conversion, the government is stable, there are Incan burial grounds as well as your typical Latin-America Catholic cathedrals, and plane tickets are much cheaper versus tickets to Europe. AND the time zone is the same!
Basically, I think you should go to South America. Forget Europe. ;)
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That is really a quite wonderful recommendation, KG. Well done!
*gives the Fish a Gold Star*
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Also! You can get financial aid to go if you are enrolled in classes that your university accepts credit for. You can even get federal/state aid, not to mention all the scholarships that exist. I know this because I work in the financial aid office at IU. So it is absolutely worth it, because you don't lose any out of pocket money (except possibly the cost of a plane ticket). You will even be able to get loans! The exchange rate would be your only financial concern.
You would probably have to get a special visa to stay abroad for longer than 6 months, so I'd say just go for a semester. You'll get homesick. And if you go to Europe, I bet you'll have serious cravings for a greasy American pizza and an ice cold Budweiser. The hoops you would have to jump through to stay for a whole year just wouldn't be worth it. I doubt the program you looked at has enough course offerings that would transfer back to your school in the States.
and awww snap, i love gold stars.
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*gives the Fish a Gold Star*
How will people see it if she decides to wear it? :anxious:
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(http://www.animalmascots.com/images/mascots/foam/01f0097.jpg)
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(http://www.animalmascots.com/images/mascots/foam/01f0097.jpg)
You know who else used to make people wear gold stars?
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Hmm. Jewelry in the shape of a gold star. So people can pierce whatever and feel good about it.
I'm a GENIUS!! XD
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I'm a GENIUS!! XD
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
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aahahhahhhahhahaha that star outfit rules. dooms, can you photoshop my head onto that guy's body? hahahhahahaha!
also, bc: i am not left-handed!
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Man, I really need to study some broads...
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aahahhahhhahhahaha that star outfit rules. dooms, can you photoshop my head onto that guy's body? hahahhahahaha!
also, bc: i am not left-handed!
I can.
Post a head. =)
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And if you go to Europe, I bet you'll have serious cravings for a greasy American pizza and an ice cold Budweiser.
No matter where I go, I will never, ever, ever have a serious craving for a Budweiser.
(Yeah, I know there's a brewery in the Czech Republic that goes by Budweiser, and they still don't like that AB took the name, but I'm not referring to them.)
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No matter where I go, I will never, ever, ever have a serious craving for a Budweiser.
totally agree.
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Third person ehre to agree that watered-down,s emi-fermented donkey-piss just isn't appealing to his taste-buds.
And AC, you know my feelings on the subject; everyone should be forced to study abroad before they grow up, best experience a person can have to both broaden horizons and mature a bit :)
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also, bc: i am not left-handed!
Careful, fishy. You don't want to go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
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No matter where I go, I will never, ever, ever have a serious craving for a Budweiser.
totally agree.
Life Is Far Too Short To Drink Cheap Beer - 10 Ways To Maximize Your Beer Value - Personal Finance Advice (http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/09/14/life-is-far-too-short-to-drink-cheap-beer-9-ways-to-maximize-your-beer-value/)
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also, bc: i am not left-handed!
Too bad, you had so much going for you. :P