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UNIVERSITY OF SEOUL
SPRING 2019
SPRING 2019
I'm loving my classes here so far! The professors seem to be a lot more laidback compared to back home. Most of our grades are based on presentations, which aren't too bad. Some of my classes don't even have a midterm or a final! For my Global Marketing class, the professor actually decided to cut the final out and have us focus more on our final presentations. Honestly, I'd rather do presentations over exams any day. My professor in my Global Marketing class (Professor YK) is extremely knowledgeable on business related topics. Even though I dreaded waking up at 7 a.m. for his class, I'm glad I decided to stick with it because he makes the class intriguing. He was an investment banker for 18 years and is now the CFO of a large Korean IOT technology startup. He often relates information from the textbook to his own experiences in the workforce which makes it easy to understand and internalize complex concepts. The classes are different compared to classes in Hawai'i and the Korean culture in general is much different as well.
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It's been a couple of weeks and I'm finally situated in my new home. I also survived the second week of school with lots of upcoming assignments. It's interesting how different University of Seoul's class times are from UH Manoa. At UOS, each class meets once per week, BUT they are three hours long. As opposed to UH Manoa, where it's either two or three days a week with a significantly shorter class period. I think I prefer how UH's class periods work because sitting in class for three straight hours is painful. After class ends, I try my best to beat the sunset and explore with whatever daylight there is left. Seoul is an extremely big city and I've only been able to explore Myeong-Dong, Itaewon, and Dongdae-Mun. My favorite place so far has to be Myeong-Dong. There are so many stores and STREET FOOD STANDS! The street food is the best experience by far. I also recommend trying Din Tai Fung in Myeong-Dong. Din Tai Fung is well-known for their Xiao Long Bao and they definitely live up to their reputation. After a dreadful 11 hour flight, my plane finally landed at 7:30 PM in Incheon International Airport. Going through immigrations was quick! Luckily, thanks to my girlfriend's friend, our checked in luggages were labeled priority and were the first ones to pop out. Navigating through the airport was definitely a struggle. I was planning to stay at URSeoul, which was right by Seoul Station. They gave us instructions on how to get there from the airport via the airport railroad, but we did not end up where we were supposed to be. We ended up taking the taxi. All of that took about 2-3 hours, so I do recommend getting a taxi if you're not familiar with how you're going to get to your destination.
University of Seoul recommended URSeoul if you preferred to live off-campus. I opted for this option because I didn't want to be restrained to a multitude of strict rules. However, the housing registration for UOS is fairly easy. You are able to check in a day before orientation and you pay for the dorms on the day of orientation. During our orientation, we talked about "shopping" for classes. Registration is only open for a couple of days, so be aware of that. They're strict on their registration period and will not let you register after a certain date. This registration was actually in Korean! I was a bit nervous about this. Fortunately, it was not hard to navigate because IICE gives you clear instructions on how to register. The classes I chose to take were Derivative Securities, Lifetime Physical Activity, Global Marketing Management, and Special Issues In Management Of Human Resources. Looking forward to how these courses are going to be compared to the ones back at home! |
Michael ImaiEntrepreneur, Archives
July 2019
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