Pre-Trip Advice:
The University of Adelaide, a name I had often come across in academic research but a name I never dreamt I would get the opportunity to associate myself with. It was no wonder that when I found myself chatting to some international students at the annual international food evening that their mention of the possibility to experience university life abroad sparked my planning and application into life!
During the June / July holidays Chante Jansen van Vuuren attended the Innovation|Finance|Entrepreneurship summer school at the University of Hohenheim.
Pre-departure:
Nothing can sweeten recess as much as a long-awaited email from the PGIO. The news that you have been accepted to study abroad and broaden your horizons has the power to completely eradicate test week stress. Application forms, video-making, letters of recommendation and weeks of patiently checking and refreshing your inbox are all worth it once you realise you are in for the adventure of the year.
Pre-departure:
I am a final year Electronic Engineering student at Stellenbosch University and went to the Renmin University of China summer school in June 2015. I heard about the PGIO summer schools from a friend of mine who went the previous year. He said that it was one of the most fantastic experiences he had ever gone on and that I should enter no matter what. So I did just that, and filled in all the forms and made my video. I waited until the April holidays to get feedback about the summer school and then even longer for my application to RUC to be approved. RUC finally let me know I was fully accepted about a month before the school was to start, so once I was accepted I immediately had to book tickets and decide on my itinerary.