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Student Voice: My routine as an AIU online exchange student-Konstantin LITZENBERG, Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, Germany
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Mr. Konstantin Litzenberg in Blankenburg, his home town.
Hello, my name is Konstantin, and I am from Germany. My home university is the Philipps University of Marburg (a great University, highly recommended). As you know, the time differences are relatively high, 7 hours to be exact. Thus, the day begins very early at five in the morning, equal to 12 AM in Japan. After I made myself ready for the day the first class begins. My lectures usually go from 5:30 to 11:15 AM. Afterward, I put some work into readings, assignments, or learning as well. That usually takes approximately another 4 to 5 hours.
As you can see, there is still plenty of time left for class activities or getting to know other people from different countries. Thus, I already got to know Aika and a lot of other very, very friendly AIU students during the TEDx Akita club, the Japanese language course, or specific meetings arranged by the RA office (parcel exchange).
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Communicating online with AIU student
There were also many opportunities to meet other exchange students from all over the world, which I enjoyed very much.
Even though it sounds exhausting to engage in some kind of activity after you are done with stuff for university, I still highly recommend trying it. There were so many valuable experiences that I would really miss if I had not at least tried them.
Of course, I was looking forward to studying for a semester abroad, especially in Japan at the AIU. But these opportunities make the best out of the situation.