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Studyin' Abroad
RedLion:
I don't really have any practical advice for you, but I want to encourage you to go for it; do it.
I plan on studying abroad in Istanbul in a year, which is a bit more exotic than Britain: there's upsides and downsides to that fact, though, so I think the British Isles would be a really cool place to study abroad to get the experience without having to deal with a completely alien culture and such.
Oli:
--- Quote from: TheLetterM on 07 Sep 2008, 19:42 ---the University of Glasgow
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This is where I go to Uni and it is a really great place. The city is wonderful, and the uni is in the west end which is a lovely area of the city to spend your days. If you want to know more about it feel free to PM me with questions whenever. There are plenty of places to get clogged arteries, but there are also a load of cheap cafes, tea shops, green grocers and obviously plenty of pubs. Glasgow is also (apparently) the 2nd best city in the UK for shopping, right behind London, and it is a damn sight cheaper. Bear in mind that tommydski does not stay in Glasgow or even particularly close.
I'm not trying to sell the uni to you or anything just this is what I know about.
If you do opt for London you've really got to remember that is is incredibly expensive. If money is a huge issue I would really work out if you've got enough to live off before you go anywhere, but especially so for London.
yelley:
it is pretty easy to get around japan without knowing japanese. and japan is awesome.
Ozymandias:
I'D LIKE TO STUDY ABROAD
OR TWO
HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW
TheFuriousWombat:
I'm probably going to be "abroad" for a year actually (next year I think). I put that in quotes b/c I plan on spending one semester in NYC at a globalization and international affairs program run by my school studying human rights/conflict studies and doing an internship at human rights watch or some like agency, and then spending the next semester genuinely abroad in, most likely, New Zealand. Are there any particular reasons I should avoid the latter? I'm considering France or Italy as well...
I think everyone should go abroad. I don't know when I'll have an opportunity to hang out in a foreign country and sort of take classes and mostly just explore ever again in my life. Some call it glorified tourism but I think it can be a lot more meaningful than that and it's not something I plan on missing out on as a result.
EDIT: Ozymandias just taught me a new joke that I plan on using every opportunity I can get. Thanks!
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