The Study Abroad Team exists to support and promote study abroad opportunities for UCL undergraduate students. We provide a number of services for students considering, preparing for, or undertaking, a study abroad placement.
This year we have nine students currently abroad who will be vlogging their experiences for us throughout the year so check their videos out!
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Thanks to the author of the channel for this fascinating video! It is interesting to see how people live in other countries! It is very important to know foreign languages on such trips. I would like to recommend to all travelers a practical guide to learning foreign languages by Yuriy Ivantsiv " Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages". This book contains a lot of useful tips on how to learn a foreign language for tourists, students, entrepreneurs and anyone who needs a foreign language in life. There are a lot of good tips on how to solve problems with the language from beginner to advanced level of language learning. It turns out that the traveler only needs to know a few dialogues and you can easily travel around the world! You don't have to spend a lot of time to fully learn a foreign language, you just need to learn what you can use when you travel. I wish everyone exciting travels!
This is a very charming place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much!
Hi! You mentioned travelling and I was just wondering if you found the time to travel to other states etc? Also, did you find that you made friends quickly, even as an exchange student, and could travel/ do things at the weekends with those friends? :))
Hey Meg! Yeah you defo have time to travel. California has a lot to offer so you can fit in weekend trips (e.g. to LA or San Diego) and do "bigger trips" during Spring Break/Christmas holidays (such as heading to Mexico or New York). As for making friends, it is honestly quite easy as UCSB has a lot of exchange students each year so you end up joining lots of group chats (e.g. with other European students) and there at weekly events to meet others including events especially for exchange students. So they cater pretty well for us. People are also very kind and welcoming so making friends in classes/clubs/events isn't as hard as you might think. The point here is that a lot of people are in the same boat as you: wanting to make new friends and travel with them. So the opportunities are defo out there - you've just gotta grab them when they come :)
Heya! I'm from the UK so SAT was not required from me but I think it depends on the conditions of the exchange. My advice would be to email UCSB's exchange team and they should be able to give you the right answer regarding any test requirements :)
If you're looking for a specific building at the Neuenheim campus it's handy to know that you can find the buildings on google maps by searching for "INF" and the building number. INF (im Neuenheimer Feld) is basically a street name for the entire area.
The student ID allows you to use local public transport inside the VRN area apart from the Westpfalz on weekdays past 7pm and on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. That's quite a big area covered. www.vrn.de/mam/tickets/tarifgebiete/gesamtnetz_2018_rothenburg_skaliert.jpg Westpfalz: area Kirchheimbolanden, Eisenberg, Kaiserslautern and Dahn are in. To places where a Bf or Hbf is behind the name, you can only use regional trains or regional buses to this train station. E.g. you can travel to Würzburg Hbf, the trams and city buses in Würzburg are however not covered by VRN tickets. If you need local public transport in Heidelberg (or beyond) all time you can buy as a student additionally a VRN Semesterticket (2020: 175 Euro). Which is compared to normal monthly tickets a really good deal.
Hm, I didn't have to do an admissions test so I wouldn't know. Probably best to contact the university directly and they should be able to guide you :)
It is possible to live by yourself (but super, super expensive). Most people live in shared accommodation and it's not as bad as it might sound. Many student accomodations a have protocols in place if you have a very troublesome roommate and have to move into a different room but usually things work out fine. My advice would be to think about the type of accomodations you want to live in (i.e. a catered accomodation or if you want a kitchen to do your own cooking) and to be mindful of the area (i.e. the places right the by beach/hotspots usually aren't as "peaceful" as the places that are slightly further out, if that makes sense)
Did you get a maintenance loan for studying abroad in the USA and how much would you say it costs you roughly to study abroad in the USA total? Like living costs?
Yes, I come from the UK so the maintenance loan that I usually get from the government still continued when I went abroad. Although, I should clarify, that I never got a money from my host country (only my home country). Living costs in the US depends on where you live (this applies to any country, as we know!). I lived in Santa Barbara which is considered an expensive place and I would say their cost of living resembles Central London (accommodation is cheaper but food cost is higher so it balances out to be the same imo). :)
