{"id":6842,"date":"2019-05-24T12:58:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T02:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/?p=6842"},"modified":"2019-05-24T12:58:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T02:58:05","slug":"my-dublin-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/24\/my-dublin-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"My Dublin Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacob Watt, Bachelor of Business \/ Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
\n<\/em><\/strong>Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (Semester 2, 2017)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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\u2019t 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\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n

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.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the highlights was St Patrick\u2019s 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!<\/p>\n

The exchange was such an awesome opportunity and I am very grateful to QUT for allowing me to have such a life changing experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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