University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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' J - 5 f A FOREKiN EXC IIANGE STUDENT AT GEORGIA Georgia is easier ihan my school in Paris, but it has a much better atmosphere. Rachel Meiki — France Academically, only the Graduate School at Georgia is on the level of a European University. Peter Zorn — Austria m •i A i i Schools in my country are more difficult The way of treatment in my country is that the teachers are more strict, and the opposite here . . . It ' s location is good for studying, and I like it. Mohammed Rais — United Arab Emirates ■K 24; Introduction 2

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A0! I ■! tK) Being Greek helps you to learn how to deal with many types of people You have a small group to identify with within the great number at the University . Greeks are only stereotyped by the people who are totally closed minded to the Greek system . . Sometimes beinji Greek does help you in being accepted, and at other times it doesn ' t . . . Some teachers really look down on Greeks, and are ery closed minded in situations deal- ing with Greeks. Diana Brooks r ' l ■■T!a, GR 9-1 CLO(50F(|.a| TMtCBT ' S« OM HIS KT 4 1 rr «rA, M 1 ! 1 D i At a school this size, being Greek helps to have something to be identified with because too many people end up just as a number . . . Everyone assumes Greeks are only interest- ed in partying, and care nothing about the academic side of school . Professors tend to discriminate against Greeks. Marv Beth Hudson

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I ' m here because I got a scholarship . . . Georgia is a very competent school and should become more international. Garcine Pereir — Brazil m 1 7 - F vs ; • a . •yy ) ' niB X h ► v ( t : s ir J Georgia does not leave you as much personal freedom as a German L niversily would . . On the other hand, the requirements in a German L niversity are a little higher . e have more influence on our educational way of life than you have here ... I have noticed in four out of five courses, an indif- ference towards foreign students I would do the same thing once more without even thinking of giving up a hell of a lot at home, which I did ... It is good to study here, but I would prefer to study some- where in Germany or a similar I ' niversity system. Bernd Haliman — West Germanv lntroduction 2.5