{"id":559,"date":"2019-01-01T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sthlmup.se\/?p=559"},"modified":"2021-04-30T07:59:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T07:59:26","slug":"utbytestermin-i-bangkok-ht18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sthlmup.se\/en\/utbytestermin-i-bangkok-ht18\/","title":{"rendered":"Exchange term in Bangkok -HT18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why did the choice fall on Bangkok? Feels like an "odd" choice.<\/strong>
My main goal was to go on an exchange, and from the beginning I laughed that Thailand was on the list. I thought about it and quickly realized that going to Bangkok would be a sick experience. Which it was too! Wow!<\/span><\/p>


Did you go to the same class?<\/strong>
Nope, did not go with the same people in any of my classes haha.\u00a0
When I got there, I quickly realized that MANY did not speak English, so I started a Thai language course to be able to speak.\u00a0

Is there a lot of difference between the school there and SU?<\/strong>
All courses are read in parallel, midterms in Oct & finals in Dec. The courses themselves were more difficult than in Sweden. The students (if I may generalize) were very careless with the teachers, sometimes it felt like only the international students were listening (though exception, 2 of my teachers were CRAZY strict). You ate food at school, like SEK 7 \/ meal. The school was extremely large and there are many courses in English!

How did you like school?<\/strong>
I liked the school on the courses I read! But many differences such as: school uniform, prices, the heat, the people, the food, the traffic, that I was at the far end of the class, & that the school was literally right in the center.\u00a0

Did you have a lot of time left to travel?<\/strong>
Every week Wednesday night-Sunday night if you wanted. Just want to clarify - there was the luxury of being an exchange student! Even though the courses were tougher there than at SU, I had the freedom to set my schedule - hence I only went to school Mon - Wed.\u00a0

Did you spend most time with other exchange students?<\/strong>
Yes, barely hung out with any Swedes (if I remember correctly we were 34,000 students in the school, of which at least 1,000 are exchanged, so it was easy). In my classes, however, I was the only exchange student!

Did you get credit for all your courses?<\/strong>
You could credit the courses, but it could be a bit problematic for me, so I skipped it and chose the courses I wanted to study instead.
I read: English for psychology (general), Thai language, Industrial & Organizational psychology.\u00a0<\/p>

Did the school help to arrange a lot or did you have to manage everything yourself? Refers to SU's central<\/strong>
"Email the school in Thailand, they have better answers" I got in answer to many of my questions! Plus they changed supervisors in the middle of everything\u2026 and during this period I also lived in the US - but .. the school in Thailand helped a lot! Fixed Buddy (who showed me around town & school the first few days) & accommodation.\u00a0

Can you do a lift and diss?<\/strong>
Diss: - That I did not have a kitchen & needed to eat at a restaurant every day even though it is EXCREMULALLY cheap\u2026 but you get tired of Thai food.\u00a0
- To wear a school uniform in 30 degree heat every day

Elevator: - Everything, of course! Friends, school, all the adventures & trips I have been able to go on, the simplicity of everyday life, the warmth, the teachers & that you have been able to live a luxury life on an average budget\u2026

Did you find it difficult to get a place?<\/strong>
Unfortunately there was only one place to Bangkok via central. It was not very difficult to get the place. Think a lot is about one's personal letter! Grades matter (have I heard) but I do not have full score\u2026 & I came in.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Varf\u00f6r f\u00f6ll valet p\u00e5 Bangkok? K\u00e4nns som ett ”udda” val.Mitt m\u00e5l var fr\u00e4mst att \u00e5ka p\u00e5 utbyte, och fr\u00e5n en b\u00f6rjan s\u00e5 skrattade jag \u00e5t att Thailand var med p\u00e5 […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthlmup.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthlmup.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthlmup.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthlmup.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthlmup.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sthlmup.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/sthlmup.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthlmup.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthlmup.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthlmup.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthlmup.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}