Korea University

3 weeks have passed since I came to Korea University.

I had a list of 5 unis to choose from after graduating from Dongyang Technical College, with Hanyang Uni and Korea Uni having the highest possibility.

Ever since my Korean Language Course I wanted to go to Korea Uni because it's one of the SKY university, the top 3 prestigious universities here in S.Korea. The other two being Seoul National University and Yeonsei University, which we couldn't go.

However, I had some dilemma last year due to this ABEEK thing, something related to engineering accreditation etc. Hanyang Uni promised us that we can complete ABEEK within 2 years, but there weren't much assurance from Korea Uni. Though later on they told us that they'll try their best and help us, I was a bit skeptical.

But finally I chose Korea Uni instead of Hanyang Uni due to its name value, though in general Hanyang Uni is recognized for the performance of their Engineering School.

When I made that decision, I had in my mind 70% of not doing ABEEK, because there was a high chance that we need to extend another year if we were to take ABEEK in Korea Uni. (it was confirmed to be so few weeks ago.)

I was excited about coming to Korea Uni and had lots of expectation. Enjoying uni life was part of that expectation: studying hard and play hard. I had in mind a picture where I study with a bunch of friends in the library till midnight on weekdays and we'd go lepak, go movies etc on weekends.

But....things didn't turn out exactly the way I expected...

except the part where I study till midnight.

Most of the time I was studying alone. Most of my friends don't go to the library, and those who goes prefer to study alone.

I don't mind spending hours studying if I understand the subject after putting in my effort.

But it's depressing when after hours of reading, I don't know what I read.

And finally there's no one to play with....most of my Korean friends either stays very far from school or they're busy on weekend as well..

Life is indeed VERY different from my previous college..

I thought I'd be very active in CCC, but I'm having some hard time adjusting to the difference between Seoul South CCC and Seoul North CCC.

C-mens here are very hardworking and they study a lot, compared to my previous college...

So after 3 weeks I haven't build any deep relationship with them..

On the other hand, I feel much closer to the other transfer-student, those transferred this year like me and other seniors who transferred 1,2 years ago.

Though it's still too early to make any conclusion, but in general everything is different from what I expected...