School. Ahhhh. It’s an important part of being an Exchange “Student” I guess. It was quite a process to get set up with an ideal schooling situation for me in Pune, though. It’s kind of a boring story too. So I’ll just tell you where I ended up, because that’s exciting….for school.
Symbiosis International University has a law school, a BA program, a BComm program, and a fancy little program called SCLA. Symbiosis College of Liberal Arts. They have a flexible schedule, many interesting and diverse courses, international students, and great professors. I feel very fortunate to have ended up here. They are cool with me leaving whenever I need to for Rotary things, even the 15-day long tours I’ll be taking! I came to Symbi about two-thirds into the term, attended a few courses to see what I liked, and will be enrolling for the next term which starts in early November. I tried out a Beginner’s Hindi class, Archaeology, almost a Psych course, and thought about going to a History class. I’ll be taking all of these and more next term. Til then, though, it’s gonna be pretty relaxed. This suits me just fine. I plan to set up a few extra curricular activities, (including Yoga, an art class or two, and maybe music lessons) as well as attend all the Rotary thingys I have scheduled.
The Schooling…Bleh
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Raena, you are so lucky. The liberal arts are so far removed from my city. Nobody even considers something like Psych or History a subject. My school options were…an appalling high school and a college of Interior Design. I mean, there’s good stuff going on here but I envy you so much for all of these awesome scholarly options.
What grades/ages are at this school you will be attending? The school sounds like it has a wide variety of subjects! Any Astronomy?:) I do miss having that class with you!
Enjoy your few weeks off!
~Naomi
Symbiosis is a proper college, so ages 18-22 i guess? It’s fun with all the different classes, but unfortunately no astronomy :( probably because you can’t really see the stars in the city haha.