Studying in Bonn
Hi! We are Hannah, from the University of Wisconsin Madison, Daniel, from Ohio State University, and Peter, from the University of New South Wales. We would like to tell you about our lives in Bonn on the following pages.
Please klick the pictures for our individual posts.
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Daniel Gustafson |
Peter Key-Matuszak |
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...I am from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and I studied in Bonn from September 2009 till March 2011 in Bonn. |
...I am from Bedford, Ohio and I have been studying in Bonn since September 2010. |
...I am from Sydney and I have been studying here since September 2010 as well. |
What we have written about so far:
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Recent Entries:
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Class dismissed...what am I to do with the day!?
Some stuff to do after the bell rings, the International Office has a good line-up of activities (more...) |
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Maximum efficiency, minimal frustration To maximise efficiency and minimise frustration, I’ve put together 4 steps that should help you organise your expectations for an exchange, and find the information that will show you whether the cities and universities you’re considering meet those expectations. (more...) |
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To give you a bit deeper perspective as
to what brought me to Bonn, after all there were other cities I could
have selected to work on my German, I’ll share a bit of my thinking. (more...) |
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I am a 23-yr old American from the
UW-Madison who came to Uni Bonn as a Junior Year Program (or JYP as the
people at the International Office like to call us) student. My areas
of interest and study are Anthropology, German and Chinese. (This is
starting to look like a singles advert. I enjoy long walks on the
Rhein,…) (more...) |
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My week in 200 words or less (2) Parties in Bonn, Presents for France, and a Package from Australia. (more...) |
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Whilst flicking through the testimonials
written by UNSW students who had been to Germany (which didn’t include
Bonn, for some reason), I noticed that nearly every testimonial said
that Germans are unfriendly, impolite and direct.
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I’m starting to get myself ready for the law exams, which are all closed-book in Germany (in Australia, you can take all your notes and all your books in with you). “Oh God… closed book? I. Would. Die,” a UNSW friend who also studies law encouragingly said to me when I skyped with her earlier this week.(more...) |
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Do that Orientation Program. Seriously. On the Uni Bonn website, it says: “For exchange students, participation in the Orientation Course is optional”. If you take anything away from any blog post I do, it should be this: the Orientation Course is an absolute must. You skip it, you miss out on making around 150 new best friends in a month, and you miss out on making yourself at home. (more...) |
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G’day mate, my name’s Peter (that’s me in the middle of the picture), and I’m from Australia. When I’m not throwing a shrimp on the barbie, I’m fighting crocodiles, riding kangaroos and feeding koalas. (more...) |
