I wish I knew to take more photographs / postcards from home to give to people I met during my travels!
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Critères importants pour mon choix (1) Aucune importance – (4) Très important
Raisons académiques
4
Culture
4
Frais
3
Activités
3
Vie universitaire
3
Vie sociale / Fête
3
Climat et emplacement
2
Recommandation personnelle
Tsinghua University is one of the best educational institutions in China. It is more engineer-focused (constantly being called the "MIT" of China). The students are extremely studious, but will come out to party if asked!!
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Pendant mon expérience à l'étranger j'ai... (1) Jaimais – (4) Très souvent
Appréhendé une autre culture
4
Voyagé
3
Accru mes compétences linguistiques
3
Rencontré des gens d'autres pays
3
Développé mon autonomie
3
Fait la fête
4
Vécu une transformation
3
Amélioré mes possibilités de carrière
3
Derniers commentaires
- Bring photos of your family
- Invest in a phonecard before you leave (AT&T has an international prepaid phonecard which proved to be my lifeline at times)
- Travellers cheques are key (though I'm sure by now there are ATMs everywhere in Beijing)
- Bring casual, comfortable clothes
- If you are staying for over a month, invest in a bicycle (around $40-50 US)
- Possibly bring a face mask for bike riding purposes (this is a polluted city)
- Be safe and have fun!
Apprendre le Chinois fut un élément important de la décision?
Oui, je voulais améliorer mon Chinois
Quels progrès en Chinois?
Mon niveau d'avant: Échanges quotidens (courses, déplacements...) Mon niveau après: A l'aise dans la plupart des cas
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Commentaire personnel
Although I spoke Mandarin Chinese at home, my knowledge of the language did not extend past conversational use. In addition, as my mother has a distinctly Taiwanese accent, I found it difficult to understand Mandarin spoken by those from Mainland China. My experience helped to alleviate this issue, and I also learned some valuable Beijing-slang phrases which I still carry with me today!
For China it was a great dormitory. But comparing with Europe it could be better. There were problems with facilities, for example, fixed hours of hot water.
Si j'y retournais je choisirais: Appartement/maison
Pourquoi?
Our housing consisted of a double room within the campus "International Hotel". While this afforded us with privileges that were not given to other students (i.e. air conditioning, personal telephone line), there was no kitchenette area or laundry facilities. Therefore, we were at the mercy of the hotel canteen (which served the same pork and rice dish day after day...though we managed to get some fresh watermelon added to our meal deal). A shared apartment or house with other program members would have enabled us to have more freedom in our menu choices and also encouraged more socializing, as we were spread in different floors in the hotel.
Si j'y retournais je choisirais: Appartement/maison
Pourquoi?
If you find good roommates it's the best. Furthermore, you have a kitchen, people can visit you and 24h hot water.
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The dorms are cheap and ok. The rooms are cleaned every day and you have either your own bathroom or you share it with one other person. But there are no overnight visitors allowed. The dorms are at the other end of the campus. There is no kitchen or fridge. And there is no common are where students can get together.
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