Studying in Korea 2024

  I was walking around on campus and was able to capture the sunset hitting the LG-Posco building beautifully! Mandy and I were also free to attend a KU club fair where booths were out in the yard and students can do activities for different groups like drawing, playing guitar, and foreign exchange clubs to help foreigners adapt to Korea and learn the language!  Korea University Business Building  Club fair at KU This was my first meal at the science campus cafeteria. Lunch here is super affordable and plated so nicely that it felt like I was dining at a restaurant.  5,000 KRW School Lunch!  📍Science Campus                                                   Pop-up stores and events is a very popular trend here in Korea. Whenever a brand has a new promotion, you will likely hear of a pop-up event. For most pop-ups, you do activities and earn free gifts like keychains or snacks, and it's good exposure and way for consumers to interact with their brand. They also do pop-ups for celebr

 It was finally the first week of school! The classes that I picked are Advertising Marketing, Consumer Behavior, Marketing Management, and Marketing Research. However, after reading the syllabus and meeting the professors, I decided to drop Consumer Behavior and take a Korean 101 class instead. Reasoning was because I found the professor's teaching style a little more traditional, he required students to use no devices and expected all students to print out material from BlackBoard for his class which can be costly.  My schedule was quite flexible and easy to manage! I can get to class on time in 5-7 minutes walking from my Goshiwon which is very convenient and like Shidler, we have one day free from the week so we can study or go out and visit places. On Fridays, I usually make plans with people who also did exchange at Korea University from Hawaii or go on campus (sometimes cafes in Anam) to study.  My schedule!         My first lecture in Marketing Research KU has two campuses;