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Studyin' Abroad
evernew:
I was on exchange twice, once in Spain and once in Canada.
Both were awesome in their own right but completely different from each other.
This actually goes for pretty much every exchange semester ever. So I won't tell you where to go. You will have to figure that one out for yourself.
Most exchange semesters will be a financial drain - even in developing countries, dormitories usually cost considerable monies. Living may be cheaper but getting there and away again will also cost a lot - and you'll want to travel while you are there. If you can, save up. If you can, find a part-time job there (a fun one like applying lotion to the Reef girls or bartending). If you can't do either, think of a loan from your parents or a bank. Nothing sucks more than staying every weekend if there's a whole country or continent to be explored if you just had the money.
Try for a scholarship / exchange semester assistance etc.! I got 600 € for the one in Spain just because I took one hour's time to apply and one hour's time to write a report about it afterwards.
In my opinion it's better to go to a country that doesn't speak your mother tongue so you have an incentive to learn another or improve it.
Also, one hint: Don't just hang out with other exchange students! While it's fun and you all share a lot and it makes semester romances a lot easier since both of you will disappear afterwards, you'll never see it all if you only hang with visitors.
Christophe:
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Would be awesome except for the part where my girlfriend would be so pissed off at me.
Money's always been kinda tight for me, and as of today I have never worked a day job, so I gotta find one fast if I want to have a chance at saving up for Scotland.
öde:
You could go somewhere in the UK and just visit London. It's a bit overwhelming because you don't get a chance to get used to the place, but it'd be more manageable and you wouldn't have to pay London prices for too long.
Christophe:
So I'm definitely set on University of Glasgow as my target for study abroad, so any more specific information on that would be greatly appreciated.
Also, are there any really good places to see a quality gig? (Well, I suppose that's a stupid question seeing as Josef K and Teenage Fanclub are from Scotland but I'd definitely rather see good, indie (not in the general UK sense of the word) bands like that instead of shit like Arctic Monkeys.)
ledhendrix:
Carling Academy in Glasgow generally has a lot of good stuff going on. I've seen a few bands at the Barrowlands Ballroom as well. If there is a band that you really want to see that's on elsewhere, you really aren't far from most other city's in Scotland.
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