Since My First Term At My New School Is Over And I Have Above The Required Gpa I Am Finally Eligible

Since my first term at my new school is over and I have above the required gpa I am finally eligible for study abroad!!!

I submitted my application for the program yesterday and have already been conditionally accepted to go by my school as long as i’m accepted into the program.

and the country i applied to is….. 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

Taiwan!

the program is in taipei specifically, and on a university campus. if accepted ill also have a chance to visit tainan and taitung.

i’d be going for about 2 months over the summer for an accelerated/intensive mandarin course. it’d be the entire intermediate level (= CHN201+202 in U.S. college credit). as far as I know I’d have class 5 days a week while there. i’m taking CHN 102 (upper elementary) in the spring here at home to prepare and spending my break reviewing stuff from 101 as well as teaching myself zhuyin/bopomofo.

if anyone has good resources for zhuyin, traditional characters, and/or taiwanese mandarin lmk!! im trying to find everything i can then i’ll compile a list of what was most helpful sometime during or at the end of the semester :))

just turned in the last of my final assignments!! now i get to use my break time to catch up on some language study and prepare for mandarin 102 next semester. 🥳

helllooo studyblr its been a very chaotic end of semester for me, updates on everything to come after i finish my ethnomusicology essay (my last assignment for fall!!)

brainstormed and made an account who wants to be tt mutuals 👀

i wanna start a studytok but i need ideas first 🤔

account makeover heyyyy

hii studyblr its been a bit

ive been struggling w motivation and mental health and just generally been overwhelmed with life

im taking a break from dance to make sure i can focus on my studies & be prepared for taiwan this summer

i have an oral exam for chinese tomorrow then a written one on tuesday!! i feel so behind when it comes to speaking so im nervous but we just have to memorize our part of the dialogue, im working on that now and thankfully have the smaller part lol

hope everyone else is doing okay! should be active more soon <3

taiwan isn’t a country

loaded ‘question’ that i probably shouldnt be the one answering if anyone wants to chime in… however they have their own government, their own currency, my student visa application would be to taiwan not china (even chinese citizens need permits/visas to enter taiwan and vice versa), and as far as i’m aware the majority of taiwanese people don’t consider themselves or want to be part of china so i will continue calling it a country. if any of my info is wrong someone feel free to let me know ofc