My Decision To Study At Iowa State University

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My decision to study as an undergraduate at Iowa State University was mainly a financial one. I was accepted to other colleges around the country, but I would have had to take on considerable debt to study at them. As much as I enjoy studying close to home, some part of me always wanted to see other parts of the world. I realized this was still a possibility after investigating Iowa State’s study abroad programs. I found that I could pay my in-state tuition while studying abroad through various exchange programs. Such exchange programs make studying around the globe much more feasible for me. Once I realized I this, determining what program was right for me was the next step.

Most important to me as I was choosing a study abroad program was …show more content…

Firstly, for being on the opposite side of the globe,in Southeast Asia, all classes are taught in English and a majority of the population of Singapore speaks English. Being exposed to a new culture and different ways of study will be challenging enough, it will be beneficial to my learning if the electrical engineering courses that I take are taught in my native language. NUS offers exchange students many other opportunities to take a foreign language class like Mandarin, which I am interested in …show more content…

Many of the colleges offered for study abroad programs do not have the level of technical courses that I needed as to not set me back in my degree program. NUS was a clear winner here. NUS offers almost every class that I need to graduate from Iowa State with a B.S in electrical engineering. These range from technical electives, to courses that are required for graduation. The fact that these courses will be taught from a vastly different perspective is very exciting to me and is something I look forward to.

I am intending to take four courses that will all transfer back to Iowa State and count toward my degree program. A challenge arises in ensuring that these courses will be able to transfer back correctly to my home institution. I will need to properly document what subjects I study to prove that I am learning the appropriate material. These courses will be taught from instructors with different styles and strategies of teaching than I am normally used to. This will make me a more well rounded individual with a better understanding of different

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