{"id":5104,"date":"2018-01-19T13:49:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T03:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/?p=5104"},"modified":"2017-12-05T13:53:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T03:53:59","slug":"snowball-fights-and-study-at-simon-fraser-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2018\/01\/19\/snowball-fights-and-study-at-simon-fraser-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowball fights and study at Simon Fraser University"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mikaela H
\nBachelor of Business (Marketing) \/ Bachelor of Creative Industries (Fashion Communication)
\nSimon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada<\/p>\n

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In terms of content studied I found SFU\u2019s business units to be on a similar level to QUT\u2019s. However, there were some differences in assessments, grading and how things were taught. For SFU\u2019s business units they are graded on a grading curve, where you marks are determined by how everyone in your class performs too (which can work for or against you). This meant it was quite hard to determine how you were going throughout the semester but worked out for me in the end.<\/p>\n

The other thing that was different to QUT for me was class participation marks and the lack of recorded lectures. This meant that class attendance was a must and did mean that I wasn\u2019t able to travel and do as many activities during university as originally planned. Other than this there wasn\u2019t too much of a difference and I really enjoyed studying at SFU.<\/p>\n

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Well, you just have to get in a snowball fight while in Canada…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Like mentioned earlier my travel was limited due to study but with so many things to do in Vancouver and with Whistler only being 2hrs away I was still able to do a lot of the things I wanted to do. I would however highly recommend having some extra time either before or after study to travel as friends of mine who did not have extra time to travel after study did wish they allowed time to do so. Another tip of mine is take out the extra QUT exchange loan if you feel like you might not have enough money for the trip as it is the worst when you are worried about funds and then are stopping yourself from doing the things you want to be doing.<\/p>\n

Overall, I had an amazing exchange, did so many things I\u2019ve never done before like snowboarding as well making some long lasting friendships with people from all over the world as well as Canada.<\/p>\n

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Snowboarding while on Exchange<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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