Tips!

So you want to study abroad too?


Here are some tips:

1. Do NOT come with a friend. If you come with someone else, you have to do everything he or she wants to do. I met so many people hwo came with a friend. They'd end up leaving the club earlier than they wanted to because their friend wanted to leave. Studying abroad is a time for yourself. It's about you making friends and figuring it who you are. You don't need to bring someone with you. You'll have a much better time without them! Also, if you come with someone, you don't get to meet as many people.

2. Triple the amount of money you want to bring. You don't want to be worried about money your entire time abroad. You'll need money for traveling. Afterall, it is a once in a lifetime experience.

3. Make sacrifices. When you're abroad, you'll need to make sacrifices. Do you really need that new shirt or would you rather travel? Do you really need expensive food or would you rather go out with friends? I personally sacrficed food. I ate rolled oats for breakfast, granola bars for lunch, and lettuce with frozen mixed veggies for dinner everyday. I had just enough food to survive.

4. Travel. Luckily for me, I had the amazing opportunity to travel. Traveling was the best thing I got to do abroad. I was in Australia, so I was close to many other countries. When else am I going to go to Bali? It'd be dumb to fly from America there, but since I was in Australia, it was so easy to travel.

5. Relax sometimes. It is okay to just sit in your room all day every once in awhile. You're already busy enough, so it's okay to just sit in your room and relax. Everyone needs those days where they can be by themself.

6. Take easy classes. I would recommend taking easy classes like electives abroad. I took a Physics class, and that was the worse thing I could have done. Every other country uses the metric system, so I had to keep converting eveything so I could understand it. I know I missed out on some stuff because I had to study. When you're abroad, who wants to spend time studying when you could be seeing the world.