{"id":4492,"date":"2017-08-04T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T02:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-exchange-experiences\/?p=4492"},"modified":"2017-08-04T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T02:51:11","slug":"what-do-you-do-when-the-experience-of-a-lifetime-is-only-2-weeks-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-exchange-experiences\/2017\/08\/04\/what-do-you-do-when-the-experience-of-a-lifetime-is-only-2-weeks-away\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you do when the experience of a lifetime is only 2 weeks away?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 15 days, what I expect to be an adventure of a lifetime is going to begin! And considering how long I&#8217;ve been waiting for this experience, it couldn&#8217;t feel more surreal.<\/p>\n<p>First up, a friend (who will be spending the semester at NAU) and I are spending 5 days exploring Los Angeles, but after that, I&#8217;ll be making my way to Bozeman, Montana! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montana.edu\/\">Montana State University<\/a> wasn&#8217;t originally my first choice, but because the positions at the one I applied for filled pretty quickly, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flinders.edu.au\/international-students\/student-exchange-study-abroad\/outbound\/outbound_home.cfm\">Learning Without Borders <\/a>office suggested MSU. After doing a little research, I quickly fell in love with the little town amongst the mountains!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve found that the process to get to this point [the waiting point] wasn&#8217;t all that hard, just a matter of patience&#8230; In saying that, I was lucky enough to be able to pick only elective classes while on exchange, so I didn&#8217;t need to struggle to match up core subjects. The application processes for both Flinders and MSU were pretty straight forward, although I&#8217;d say registering in classes at MSU was quite tedious! However now that that&#8217;s all sorted, I can excitedly say that I&#8217;m taking classes on Drugs and Behaviour, Consciousness, Contemporary Issues in Human Sexuality, and Sociology of Law Enforcement! I&#8217;m especially curious to see if and how the American&#8217;s perspective on law enforcement differs from ours.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of expectations for the trip, I&#8217;m trying not to have any! I typically have a tendency to plan things to a T, and get disappointed when things don&#8217;t go as expected. So my plan for this trip is not to have any! The main goal of mine is to be open minded and say yes to any new experiences that come my way!<\/p>\n<p>One other major aim for my trip is to travel as much as possible! I have managed to save a bit of money through working part time, whilst also borrowing money from my parents, receiving the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flinders.edu.au\/scholarships-system\/index.cfm\/scholarships\/display\/a76e5\">OS-HELP Loan<\/a>, and being granted the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flinders.edu.au\/scholarships-system\/index.cfm\/scholarships\/display\/a725380\">RA Simpson scholarship<\/a>. So far, other than the previously mentioned trip to LA, I&#8217;ve planned a trip to Cancun, Mexico, as well locking in Christmas in Quebec City with my brother. Bozeman is relatively far away from other major cities in the US so I am slightly concerned about costs to get to see other places, but I will keep everyone updated if I can find inexpensive ways to get past that! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I cannot wait for this adventure to begin, and to keep you all updated on my experiences!!!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rahnee Coombs, Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) student, Semester 2 2017 exchange at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montana.edu\/\">Montana State University<\/a>, USA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 15 days, what I expect to be an adventure of a lifetime is going to begin! 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