Studying Abroad 2012

[Sweet'n Low 10+ year member]

You just need to make sure that the program is for English speakers.. Many are even if you're going to a country that doesn't, predominantly, speak English.

Well I also plan to take in a lot of the culture of where ever i end up going. Site seeing and all that as well as connecting with the people and society (restaurants, sports, shops, clubs, bars, etc). Get the full experience ya'no? Which is why I think I'd prefer a country that English is a majority but I'm still in the planning process of all this so who knows.

New Zealand has been catching my attention as well.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Tl;dr

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Does Amsterdam have a soccer team?

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

+To Faulkton: I appreciate my first and perhaps last relevant response lol would of never thought of S.Korea. The exchange rate is appealing. The healthy nightlife sounds good too (in between studies of course ). Can't speak anything besides english tho, n/s if that would be a problem or not.

its not a big deal to not speak korean at all.. since the 90s all Korean kids take English in school.. so most young people can speak at least some.. plus its easy to read things in English letters and have them understand you once you learn how they pronounce things.

Plus as an exchange student you'll most likely meet a bunch of Europeans to hang out with. It takes an adventurous soul to go study in an Asian country; i had a blast and met some crazy people.

I think Korea is better than China or Japan because so many more people speak English in Korea compared to china/jap. Plus China is all dirty and third world. Seoul is just as crazy fun Asian metropolis as tokyo only with more English and a better exchange rate.

As a white westerner you're viewed as exotic and impressive. Hip Koreans like to have foreign friends; it makes them seem worldly and upper class. Plus you get a huge status bump for being a student at a super elite top rated private uni.

The club scene is madness and the bars never close. The city is just 24/7 goodness.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

hows your crap bag doing? When you get to get rid of it?

i dont have a crap bag, thank god. I just have a blood/**** bag. It's doing about as good as a fanny pack that ***** **** and blood out of your azz wound can be...

 

[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

My brother also went to Korea and he said it was way better than tokyo...

his friend that he went with is like 6' 3" 300lbs and everyone was amazed....taking pictures with him and everything lol

 

[Annnarbor84 5,000+ posts]

Iran is a beautiful country, you should try there......

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

My brother also went to Korea and he said it was way better than tokyo...
his friend that he went with is like 6' 3" 300lbs and everyone was amazed....taking pictures with him and everything lol

i'm 6'4" 225 and blond hair. I didn't blend in. No one every took pictures of me that i know of in Seoul.. they were much more civilized.

BUt now in China whole groups would come up around us and pose and take pictures with us randomly. THat **** happened 3 times within like an hour in Tienanmen Square. We were a big group of white people all over 6'. I wasnt even the tallest in the group lol.

we eventually decided to do it to a random group of Chinese people to see how they liked it. But it sort of backfired because they loved it and started taking pics too.

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

My brother also went to Korea and he said it was way better than tokyo...
his friend that he went with is like 6' 3" 300lbs and everyone was amazed....taking pictures with him and everything lol

I would have ladies only, and they have to putout...

Didnt they riot sumwhere oversea cuz of raised tuition?

 

[Sweet'n Low 10+ year member]

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Never thought I'd be giving Asia, let alone Korea so much consideration. Makes me glad I posted this thread. Not sure if the program as Seoul on the list but it sounds nice. Got London England, Seoul Korea and "______" New Zealand all in consideration now. I'm curious if anyone else will bring equal argument about any other location. Did a pretty good job hyping up Seoul man lol.

 

[Sweet'n Low 10+ year member]

+London had the tuition riots I believe. Also, Netherland does have a world cup soccer team but Iran does not. I can get paid to go there if I contact my local recruit anyway.

 

[Annnarbor84 5,000+ posts]

Maybe Saudi Arabia, you can learn to be an oil barren//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/greedy.gif.5a53e6246569d7ab79867170f3b06629.gif

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Maybe Saudi Arabia, you can learn to be an oil barren//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/greedy.gif.5a53e6246569d7ab79867170f3b06629.gif

Baron.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

Spelling around here is atrocious. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Sweet'n Low 10+ year member]

Spelling around here is atrocious. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

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prob wouldn't be able to spell that either without the pizza though