Jacob Watt, Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (Semester 2, 2017)
I arrived in Dublin on the fifth of January not knowing anyone. I was kindly greeted at Arrivals by a representative of Trinity College. We caught the AirCoach into town and he answered any questions I needed answering. My accommodation was an inner-city student housing company about 20 mins walk from Trinity.
Over the next few days I met my four roommates who I would be spending the next 5 months with. I had 3 European students who were studying their masters and were quite a bit older than me (26-27) and also a Texan guy who was around my age. We all got on really well and even had outings and home cooked dinners together. The age gap didn’t really matter and I felt like I had three older siblings! Signing up for the international student start up program was one of the best decisions I made because without it, I wouldn’t have met such a fun group of friends that I spent majority of my time with. We even took a weekend trip to Denmark together.
Eventually the socialising settled down a bit after the first month and Uni turned into the number one priority. The campus was absolutely beautiful and I will never forget the first time I walked through the big front gates. I can see why it is one of the top tourist attractions in Dublin! The classes I undertook were quite challenging so I did my best to keep up with the material.
One of the highlights was St Patrick’s Day and I will always remember how fun that day was. We made our way around to all the pubs in town and met so many locals that bought us Guinness!
The exchange was such an awesome opportunity and I am very grateful to QUT for allowing me to have such a life changing experience.
