My Interest In Exchange Scholarship

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Being an exchange student is not just about personal enrichment, but in many ways, we are representing our university and our country. Many of us do not have the opportunities to travel abroad often and we rely on the media or the internet to learn about other countries and their cultures. However, the best and most effective way of learning is through interacting with foreigners. The exchange student program between universities is highly important in fostering such an interaction, since it is difficult to find other opportunities where we can interact with fellow students from all over the world. The undergraduate years are the time where the strongest bonds of friendships are formed and where we can freely exchange our ideas and views. Throughout my two years in NUS, I have made friends and form bonds with the foreign students who came over for a semester or two. They shared with me their cultures and viewpoints. Through them, I got a better understanding of their countries, much more than what I could have gained from reading or the internet. I went to Korea under the Yonsei International Summer School organised by Yonsei University in 2010 and it was another valuable experience. The program attracted students from all over the world, most of them who have yet to visit Singapore. A large majority came from United States of America/Europe and they were all curious about Singapore and our culture. There were many questions like 'Is Singapore really strict about laws?' 'I heard that you have to jail if you drive-drive’ etc. It was then that I strongly felt that there were a lot of misconceptions about Singapore and I wanted to share and tell them how Singapore is really like. Similarly, the Korean friends that I got to know during the trip told me they did not know much about Singapore prior to knowing me. But our constant interaction and sharing of the

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