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Sarah C., Bachelor of Business (Marketing)\/Behavioural Science (Psychology)
\n<\/em>University of Waterloo, Canada (Semester 1, 2018)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For my semester abroad, I attended the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada and completed subjects for my Bachelor of Psychology. Waterloo is a somewhat small town, largely populated by college students a few hours away from Toronto and Niagara Falls. I lived in an off-campus housing at the WCRI which is located just across the street from the university. Choosing to live at WCRI was the best decision I could have made as this is where I met most of my friends and it was a popular choice among other exchange students. As I was surrounded by other exchange students, there was always someone else who was trying to find the same building as me, wanted to make new friends or wanted to travel around Ontario.<\/p>\n

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Kayaking with five other exchange students at Algonquin Provincial Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The university provided students with chances to travel around Ontario by making different trips available with the ICSN (International Canadian Student Network); these included trips to see the Toronto Blue Jays<\/em> versus New York Yankees<\/em> baseball game, a day at Niagara Falls and a hiking trip to see the leaves changing.<\/p>\n

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Niagara Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The cost of living in Waterloo is lower than in Brisbane, with my accommodation being especially cheap considering it was right next to campus as well as bus travel in the Waterloo-Kitchener Region being free for university students. Culturally, I would say that Canada is rather similar to Australia, however, their university culture is quite different from QUT. The University of Waterloo is highly focused on academics, with most students taking 5 or more subjects per semester.\u00a0 For each of my psychology subjects, there were no assignments, and just 3-4 exams over the semester, which was a lot different than I was used to at QUT.<\/p>\n

I would say that my semester on exchange was one of the best times in my life. I met many amazing people from countries all over the world such as Sweden, Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and of course, Canada. I have learnt things about these countries that I probably would have never known otherwise, and taught them things about living in Australia and Brisbane.<\/p>\n

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I am so grateful to QUT for the opportunity to go on exchange and I\u2019m very happy with myself that I chose the University of Waterloo. It was a lovely campus with friendly people and I can honestly say that I have made lifelong friends and made memories that I will always value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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