Category: South Korea
Freedom! To Hongdae/Kondae!
I’m really not kidding when I say that I counted down until my first day out of quarantine very intensely. I believe I arrived in South Korea on a Saturday and was allowed to leave quarantine two weeks later on a Sunday at exactly noon. During this time, I had to report my temperature on ...
Application and Visa
My study abroad application process certainly had its challenges. I initially was interested in applying to the Paris + London Dual City summer program, which would be a perfect fit because I am a D&M major. But after my best friend mentioned the possibility of going to Korea, since I’ve been dying to go there ...
Seoul’s Subway System
I was going to write a post about culture shock in Korea so far, but I realized I could write an entire piece or more on Seoul’s subway system. Growing up outside of Philadelphia and moving to the city for college was definitely a change for me and just getting used to using public transportation ...
Drexel Finals Week!
So because of quarantine, we were required to come to Korea by February 13th which meant that I finished more than half of my winter quarter in Korea. The first two weeks of quarantine were fine because I didn’t exactly have a sense of time in quarantine. But when I moved to the dorm and ...
Struggles of a Student in Quarantine
This post is dedicated to the endless frustration I felt during quarantine, and still feel now to an extent. Although being in a foreign country can help you realize what your home country lacks in certain cultural or infrastructural aspects, there are still many struggles to be experienced abroad no matter where you are. In ...
20th Birthday In Korea
My 19th birthday was the last time I went in 2020 before the pandemic put us under lockdown for a year. Exactly a year later was the first time I went out in months. My quarantine finished and so I moved into SNU’s dorms, through which I met a few people who already planned to ...
About Quarantining in South Korea
Ahhh, quarantine. I’m so glad it’s over and I’m so glad I’m writing this while out of quarantine because I feel as if I had so many stray thoughts during the 2-week period that my blog post would have been so convoluted with random happenings that were irrelevant to the MEAT of the experience…..anyways… I ...
My Journey to Korea
Hi, my name is Najifa. I’m a Designing & Merchandise major and I’m going to South Korea, I will attending Seoul National University for my spring term of 2021. I am a sophomore this year. I am a Bangladeshi first-generation college student The reason I chose to go to Korea is because I’m completely obsessed with their ...
Studying Abroad Amidst Covid-19: The Long-awaited Departure to South Korea
When I had walked into the study abroad office on a whim a little over a year ago, I truly did not know what I was getting myself into. I was just an innocent freshman studying in the Academic Building, who decided “I think it would be convenient to go as a sophomore next spring ...
Final Words From Seoul
As the program comes to an end I’ve compiled a series of advice and tips to spending the month in Seoul. Upon arriving at Seoul, it’s really easy to get to Hanyang from the airport. Instead of paying 80,000+ won on a taxi, you can take the subway for about 2,000-3,000 won. The only time ...
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