Marmaduke wrote:DoctorRoo wrote:Thinking about whether I want to do my study abroad in South Africa or in England.
Aside from better weather, is there an argument for South Africa over The UK? Is it cheaper? I always thought South Africa was a fairly expensive place.
The university we partner with in South Africa is slightly easier to access financially as I pay more through my current school than I would for any of the English schools (finances, however, aren't really a
huge issue, because my university is probably the best in the state for helping students out financially in studying abroad -- they're very big on their students receiving a global education), and the courses offered at that university seem more in line with my concentration on classical languages and literature, whereas the English schools seem slightly more concerned with classical archaeology. Also, South Africa is further afield and probably culturally more different from the United States than England, so would likely serve to broaden my horizons more.
That said, I've always wanted to visit England and have several friends there.
EDIT: Also, I do have a somewhat unhealthy obsession with Doctor Who, I enjoy the BBC's Sherlock, and my favorite band is the Beatles -- I worry that in England I would be dismissed as an annoying generic American weeaboo-style anglophile or something.