My first post about my trip to Australia! I’ll make these relatively short and hopefully informative rather than a rambling reminiscing of memories none of you understand.
So to start off, I think I should explain quickly how I managed to get myself on my way to Melbourne in the first place.
The long and short of it, I applied through my school to go on exchange there for a semester after seeing posters around campus. It was sort of something I did just in case you know? Instead of just not applying. I wasn’t expecting to go though, so I wasn’t setting myself up for disappointment.
Anyway! There was an application process, I had to get two reference letters giving a personal and professional recommendation and fill out a couple forms and give them a transcript then it was kind of up to the international relations department from there. They emailed me and said I was accepted to go to the University of Melbourne in Australia! I had put down UMelb and another university (I think James Cook?) in Aus. as my top two choices and the third was in France.
After I was accepted, there was a LOT of red tape. I had to get actually accepted to the university itself after UNB said ok (just because UNB said yes didn’t mean Melbourne said yes too); overseas health insurance (which was a DISASTER, I’ll explain that in a later post), get my student Visa, make sure my passport was updated, navigate UniMelb’s website to find courses I could take that would match UNB courses which was also a task and a half. To sum up.. it was a HASSLE.
I hope it’s needless to say, but saying it anyway, the whole thing was well worth it. I have so many great memories, a huge amount of nostalgia and warmth in my heart when I look at google maps or my pictures on facebook. Anyway, after all of that crap was figured out, I was set to go to Australia January 20th of 2010.
Till next time! Thanks for reading.
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