I got HOPE Scholarship so my tuition was paid off. And the program offered a discount if we registered early. One of the professors from my home university was teaching a class at Hanyang so if we took his class we got more discount. So basically I ended up paying $1800 (USD) for the ticket and living expenses. Which will be around $700 to $800 if you go out and eat every night ans love to shop. My study abroad adviser told me that my living expense will be around $300 but clearly that wasnt the case because when you are in a different country you want to try all sorts of foods and go to all sorts of different places. Transportation (Subway is the best choice) will cost a lot of money too so keeping all of this in mind I think $700-$800 is enough for expenses.
I am taking Topics in Korean Arts and Society- Professor Moon. The class is amazing if you like to express your ideas. Our Professor gave us a lot of freedom to think and say as we like. The other class that Im taking is International Advertising - only because I would get the discount but I got to learn a lot from it. I chose these two classes because I will get credit for them for my electives. I am a business major with a minor in Korean language. I didn’t want to take business classes while on a study abroad trip since that gets very stressful.
I would recommend that you do this study abroad the summer after your first year in University :)
Hello Beautiful Anon!! ~~
I am in Korea for a month through the Hanyang University International Summer School Program. Universities from around the world are a part of this program. There are over 550 students who came this year. I met people from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Switzerland, Netherlands, China, US, UK, Turkey… so many more.. so yes your university might have something like that. I would definitely encourage that you become a part of this program. It is a wonderful experience. If you have more specific questions about the program let me know. My askbox is always open ^_^
The people in Korea are beyond polite. They are very helpful and not as judgmental as they have been stereotyped to be. I have made some great friends here so far. The program that I am a part of is short therefore it is perfect since the study load is not too much. The organizers as well as the teachers understand the time constraints so they are very understanding.
One of my friends pushed me to go to Chanyeol’s parent’s cafe (Vivapolo) with her. I must say I was surprised when I got there. The walls were filled with fan letters and artwork. Even though most of the customers are fangirls, the food is GREAT. Here are some pictures I took:




Hey guys! So this is two days late. It took me a while to calm myself down after my sweet sweet encounter with -Oh Sehun. This past Thursday I was planning on visiting the Entertainment Companies here in South Korea. I decided it would be a good time to go since Exo will be leaving for China on Friday (Which I think they did and probably already had their concert there today). Anyways, so with the help of directions that I found online my friend and I got off at the specific station. We thought it would be all easy to find the building but NOOOO!! [The first two were easy to find - JYP and Cube but FNC and SM Ent. took forever]. So on my way I came across this EXO billboard (DO NOT TRY TO STEAL EDIT MY WATERMARK):



After this we got lost for an hour and then finally we found Wifi in Seven eleven and looked up the directions again. (BTW in Korea no one knows where SM Ent. so asking for directions doesn’t help)
On our way we also found M.Net Studio

Here is FNC Entertainment:

There is a park across the SM Ent. building so her and I went and just sat down. I could see some people dancing on the first floor since the windows were translucent but of course it could be anyone. I mainly went for EXO (haha) So I waited and waited for three hours knowing for sure that I would be disappointed. At 11:05 I suggested that we should go and wait in front of the building for the last 25 minutes. By this time many girls had left and some had gone to the back side of the building (most of them were chinese).
In between the waiting time I had gone up to the building many times because people were walking in and out of the building so it was like a false alarm each time.
Anyways.. so it was around 11:22 when I see three girls walking besides a tall, skinny guy and taking pictures of him coming to the front of the building from the backside. It was dark so I couldnt see who it was until the person came into the light. I FLIPPED OUT WHEN I REALIZED IT WAS “OH FRICKIN’ SEHUN” I said one line to my friend, “It’s Sehunniiiee” and after that I didn’t talk at all. (The guard doesn’t let you take pictures but with all the fangirls around he couldnt do much) And I must say these rumors about EXO fans are FALSE. NONE OF THE GIRLS SCREAMED> They were all calm talking in hushed tones and taking pictures. No one dared to touch him. Everyone kept there distance which was around 4 ft. I was I think 5 ft away from him. He was talking to someone on the phone. My hands automatically started taking pictures (all thanks to iPhones and easy picture taking features). I have over twenty in my phone but I won’t upload all of them. Sehuniiee went up to the guard. He told him to open the front door of the building. He made sure not to face us- the fangirls. Then the guard walked with him inside the building. He is VERY TALL and VERY PALE and VERY SKINNY (but not the type who doesn’t eat. I think he eats a lot of junk food but is just naturally skinny). And not to exaggerate or anything all of his features are perfect. His skin is very smooth. I wanted to cover my face with a paper bag after looking a his smooth milky skin. This whole thing was 30 seconds but I THINK THESE ARE ENOUGH FOR ME. The money I spent on this trip has paid off because I wasn’t expecting to see MY BIAS stand this close to me.
This is pretty much it. Enjoy the pictures while I go back to fangirling over those 30 seconds over and over again (haha):






Hey guys,
I’m on a study abroad trip to South Korea for a month. It’s been four days so far and I’ve already fallen in love with the place. The people here are very nice and helpful but YOU CAN’T GET AROUND ANYWHERE IN THIS CITY IF YOU DON’T KNOW KOREAN. It is tough for people who don’t know any Korean. Fortunately I am minoring in Korean so I can have a basic conversation with the Koreans here. It’s fun because our conversations our more comical than helpful but I am improving by the day. The students at Hanyang University are just as nice and helpful. I would encourage you guys to participate in this too. If any of you need more details about this feel free to message me.
On an side note.. I will be visiting the SM Entertainment building tonight. It’s not that far from where I am residing. Hopefully if I am lucky I get to see oppas but if not that’s okay too. I’m not a crazy stalker so don’t worry haha!