This initial post of this new Exchange Student's Survival Guide series will be an introduction to be journey into wanting to do an exchange and why I believed it was and still is a great idea. I really hope this new kind of post will be helpful and please you all. Here goes nothing...
Before even getting to university I wanted to do an exchange. I almost took a year off before uni to be an aupair in Spain, true story. Then I decided I wanted to continue my studies in German and went to uni to study that. I didn't choose just any school, though. It was vital for me to pick a university where an international exchange was possible. Among other criteria that I had, the ideal school for me was Bishop's University, a couple hours outside of my hometown of Montreal.
When I was at uni, I got the chance to do two international exchanges and study abroad for two consecutive semesters. I did my Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages so it was just logical for me to study in the countries where those languages are spoken. The two languages I chose to study in uni were French and German. You may wonder why I chose French as it is my mother tongue (if you didn't know that, well there's a fun fact for you), but I had a weird feeling I'd lose my French if I didn't at least take a few literature courses in uni. Long story short, I didn't lose my french, far from it.
Since I decide to study two languages, I was able to choose two schools in two different countries where I wanted to do an international exchange.
Where did I decide to go?
There you go, my first post about my experience as an exchange student !
Let me know what you think (and not to worry, more beauty posts will continue as well).
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