Benefits Of Studying Abroad Essay

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After my high-school graduation I did not know which university should I go to? Should I go to a university in my home country or at one in other country? At that time I did not know the answer for that question, and I did not know which choice could be better. I needed some advice or someone to tell me the better choice, and in my life I did not know a person better than my dad on giving advices. He told me that the better choice would be to study abroad, and I will tell you how he convinced me.
Studying can be considered as one of the most important necessities for the future generations. It starts when you were a child and continues with you as you grow up, if you are lucky. As you grow up and get closer to the college age, you start to …show more content…

Let’s see the person who stayed on his hometown, he would see the same people whom he have seen from most of his life. He would be close to his parent whom took care of him since he was a child and would probably still take care of him since he stays close to them. In addition to that, this person would not face some of the experience that many of the students whom studying away from home facing, like first apartment hunting, applying to a job and trying to make new friends from other places. But if we see the person who decided to study away from his home, most of the time we would see that he got experiences that other did not have. As an example I would like to refer to myself as an international student who choose to study away from his own country to get the best of an experiences. I have decided to study abroad because I knew that I would get more experience that way, and I think I have got what I would not ever got back home in the time I have spent studying at West Virginia University. Lets begin with the life barriers that might face you as you study away from your …show more content…

For the first week I have got a room at Morgantown Hotel, and then started searching for an apartment that suit me. I have looked at the dorm apartments, but I did not like them. They were nice but I did not feel confortable there. So I have looked for an out-campus apartments and the searching part was the most annoying thing that happened to me in college. As for the job I wanted one not to support my budget, but to get an experience on the job-hunting field. However, since I was on other country I did not how to apply or know where can I find a job. As for the third barrier, at the beginning of my life at Morgantown I did not know anyone. For the first two weeks I was sitting alone at my apartment staring at the wall not talking felling lonely. That moment was when I felt that the life was so dark away from home. However, these moments did not last long till I got a solution to

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