{"id":1258,"date":"2023-05-27T21:59:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T21:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.islamicgathering.com\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2023-05-27T21:59:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T21:59:51","slug":"when-you-ask-people-living-abroad-they-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.islamicgathering.com\/?p=1258","title":{"rendered":"When you ask people living abroad, they answer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friends who have already studied abroad can be some of your best resources when preparing to study abroad. They will have months of memories and stories worth sharing, and advice on how to get from choosing a program to making the most of your experience of a lifetime.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s often hard to verbalize all of those experiences when most people vaguely ask \u201chow was it?\u201d When you sit down to learn all the details about study abroad from a friend who has already been there, done that, do yourself \u2013 and your friend \u2013 a favor and ask questions that prompt a deeper conversation that will actually prepare you!<\/p>\n

To get you started, here are 68 questions better than \u201chow was study abroad?\u201d on everything from planning & predeparture to food, travel, housing, and more!
\nPlanning & Predeparture<\/p>\n

Did you always know you wanted to study abroad?
\nWhat made you want to study abroad in your location?
\nHow did you pick your program?
\nWhat did you pack that you definitely didn\u2019t need?
\nWhat were you excited about and\/or nervous about before you left?<\/p>\n

Academics & Language<\/p>\n

\"When<\/p>\n

How were classes different there from classes here?
\nWhich class was your favorite?
\nWhat is your favorite phrase\/word to say in the language you learned?
\nWhat advice do you have for immersing yourself in a new language?<\/p>\n

When You Ask People Living Abroad,They Answer
\nFood<\/p>\n

What was the food like?
\nWhat new foods did you try?
\nWhat is the weirdest thing you ate?
\nWhat kind of food did you miss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friends who have already studied abroad can be some of your best resources when preparing to study abroad. They will have months of memories and stories worth sharing, and advice on how to get from choosing a program to making the most of your experience of a lifetime. However, it\u2019s often hard to verbalize all …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.islamicgathering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.islamicgathering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.islamicgathering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.islamicgathering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.islamicgathering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.islamicgathering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.islamicgathering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.islamicgathering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.islamicgathering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.islamicgathering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}