Reviews of National Chengchi University (NCCU) | Taiwan

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Shane J

University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States
Philosophy, Graduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

Grad student needs his space.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Dorm was rough, somewhat dirty, but fairly peaceful.

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Shane J

University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States
Philosophy, Graduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Nightlife, Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

When I was in Taipei you had to go to TU and the (new) Roxy to hang out but other places, Brown Sugar, are nice too. Because these are basically foreigner ghettos though, don't expect to become friendly with local population (unless you're picking up women).

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Shane J

University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States
Philosophy, Graduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

If you want to get into grad school in Taiwan, get a letter from your home school saying your chinese is excellent and you don't need to take their (godawful) proficiency test--it's designed to stump you and even the Japanese and Koreans. If you bomb it you'll have to take mandarin courses along with your regular coursework.

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

Being an American at a Taiwanese college is a lonely business--make friends w/locals or go braindead!

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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Shane J

University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States
Philosophy, Graduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

That I wouldnt want to come back to the US?

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

4

Activities

2

Campus life

2

Party / people

2

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

It needs to promote itself to the West more and try to be a lil more user friendly to Americans and Europeans.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Taipei is an exciting place to live, especially if you have someone to share and explore it with. If you go there plan on lots of rain and rather dirty living conditions compared with most western countries though.

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