Today I attended pre-departure orientation. It was not really as informative as I would have liked, most of it was common sense..."follow the law", "don't have sex with strangers" ... stuff like that. Most of the people in attendance were doing third party programs so a lot was discussed mainly for them. Thankfully since my program is through Clemson I do not have to worry about transfer credits, weird diseases or anything like that. Majority of all the confusing stuff, like applying for insurance and transfer credits, are included in the program.
I learned that there are a lot of little things I must remember to do though. I have to remember to email the study abroad office as soon as I arrive with my name, my local phone number and address. I need to make copies of basically everything: visa, passport, debit card, credit card, identification card... just in case any of it gets lost. I also need to register myself on the US Embassy website. I have to go to FIKE and get an international student identification card. And finally I need to figure out which business classes are going to be available to me because I have to get Clemson to sign off on them before my departure.
But despite all that annoyingness, a great thought is that in EXACTLY 2 months from this second I will be on a plane to Belgium!!!
Maybe I'll add this to the to do list as well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmH1EwQfkQU
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