{"id":1136,"date":"2020-05-11T09:38:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T09:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2020-02-10T09:49:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T09:49:32","slug":"my-first-semester-at-ntu-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/my-first-semester-at-ntu-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"My first semester at NTU Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Alice Lando, BA International Business Management<\/em><\/p>\n

Having reached the end of the first semester of my exchange year at the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, I have found myself looking back at the journey so far. If you intend to do an exchange, and I highly recommend it, you should know that there will definitely be ups and downs, it won’t be all about travelling and meeting new people.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I was lucky enough to meet a group of friends from all around the world on my third day here that eventually stuck as a group till the end of the semester, when it came the time for very sad goodbyes as most of them were here for only one semester. With this group – we called it “No Spice” because everything in Asia is spicy and we had no tolerance for it – I discovered Singapore, travelled to Bali, went to Halloween at the Universal Studios and many more unforgettable experiences. We are still in touch and planning the next meetups. We even made a t-shirt and a book with all our names, details, fun facts and pictures \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Given the location of Singapore, there are plenty of opportunities to travel around South East Asia, so far I have been to Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In regards to my University experience, the Singaporean system comes with an intense workload and it puts students in competition with each other. I was able to keep up with the materials but I had moments where I felt the need to take a step back and focus on myself when the workload was becoming too overwhelming. Business classes are 3 or 4 hours long seminars, there is a \"\"<\/a>lot of preparation work before class and assessments are more frequent\u00a0<\/span>compared to what I had in Sheffield in my first year. Moreover, all five modules I took in the first semester had group-project that counted for a major part of my final grade. It was a demanding first semester but I do have to say that the topics discussed were based on real-life situations and therefore overall very useful.\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I have just started the second semester but I already look back with nostalgia at all the beautiful memories I have made. I hope this second semester will be as great as the first one and I am looking forward to being back in Sheffield next September.<\/span><\/p>\n

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