{"id":214,"date":"2018-02-19T12:11:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkiindenmark.9685exchangeblogs.com\/?p=108"},"modified":"2018-02-19T12:11:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:11:12","slug":"25-tips-for-pre-exchange-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9685.ryea.org.au\/arki-in-denmark\/2018\/02\/19\/25-tips-for-pre-exchange-students\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Tips for Pre-Exchange Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

DISCLAIMER; <\/em>ALL DISTRICTS AND EXCHANGES ARE DIFFERENT! THIS IS JUST A ROUGH OUTLINE! @ THE ONE PERSON WHO GOES FROM 9685 TO DENMARK THESE ARE LIKE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS THOUGH! JUST SAYING!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PRE-EXCHANGE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Advice for to-be Rotary Youth Exchange Students, in a rough order of occurrence:<\/p>\n

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  1. Talk to your parents before applying, don’t be stupid.<\/li>\n
  2. Also you can pull out at any point in your application journey. Don’t feel like your signing away your soul.<\/li>\n
  3. Don\u2019t freak out before your information night. They\u2019re not going to decide whether or not you\u2019re ready to go at that time. Be yourself and get super hyped by the talks. Also talk to people. They\u2019re not judging you but it leaves an impression.<\/li>\n
  4. Start learning all the words to Fergalicious and The Real Slim Shady, you\u2019ll need it.<\/li>\n
  5. Find a sponsor club and be really, really persistent.<\/li>\n
  6. Don\u2019t talk to your friends about exchange to the point where it\u2019s super annoying. They\u2019ll be angry.<\/li>\n
  7. Reply to emails straight away!!<\/li>\n
  8. Don\u2019t freak out during the interviews. Beforehand make sure you mingle with the other kids, my friends and I legit just sat together after first meeting and flat out told each other we were only doing it to look good in front of the Rotarians. Must have worked.<\/li>\n
  9. Talk to some of the Rotarians before the interview!! Some of them will be on your interview panel! (@ district 9685, Laura is the coolest find her and she\u2019ll calm your nerves)<\/li>\n
  10. During your interview, don\u2019t freak out. Answer the questions truthfully and smile a lot.<\/li>\n
  11. Pick your choices wisely, and with an open mind. You may not get your number one choice and that\u2019s okay, they\u2019ll send you where you\u2019re meant to be.<\/li>\n
  12. For my district, the acceptance email came that night. Scream, cry do whatever you want! You\u2019ve worked hard for it.<\/li>\n
  13. Do not ask when you\u2019re going to find out where you\u2019re going. That is so annoying for them. They have to wait for rotary in the chosen country to sort stuff out so they can\u2019t even help how long it takes.<\/li>\n
  14. Also don\u2019t freak out when people find out before you where they\u2019re going. It\u2019s not a race.<\/li>\n
  15. At the briefing days have fun, and don\u2019t feel like you\u2019re not good enough. You\u2019re all there for a reason.<\/li>\n
  16. Swap instagrams and snapchats!! These people are going to literally be the only people that know what you\u2019re going through that are from the same area as you. They\u2019re not your competition they\u2019re your emotional crutch.<\/li>\n
  17. If you can find our who your oldies are going to be! Your oldies are the students that arrived there 6 months before you and hold all the wisdom in the universe and become your best friends.<\/li>\n
  18. If you\u2019re going to a cold country do not spend 3 thousand dollars on winter jackets. Buy them there. (If you\u2019re going to Denmark though it\u2019s okay it doesn\u2019t get that cold go to Kathmandu and buy yourself a nice winter coat thing).<\/li>\n
  19. Another Denmark point, wait until you get there to buy sweaters. The ones from Australia do NOTHING and the Danish are super super stylish so just buy them as soon as you get there.<\/li>\n
  20. We get it you\u2019re leaving in three weeks you don\u2019t have to put it all over your snapchat story.<\/li>\n
  21. Don\u2019t wear doc martens on the trip there otherwise you\u2019ll spend the entire time barefoot. I know I know weight and stuff \u2018I only have 20kg\u2019. Here\u2019s a little secret for all my international flight\/s only kiddos. You have 30kg. (Terra Australis is gonna kill me sorry Tim)<\/li>\n
  22. Don\u2019t be embarrassed by your mum bawling at the airport. She\u2019s about to lose her baby for a year.<\/li>\n
  23. Make friends with the other exchange students on the plane. This trip is going to be HELL and the only thing you can do about is make sure that you can complain to the person next to you.<\/li>\n
  24. Bring eclipse mints. I had a sore throat on the 12 hour flight and I was waking up like every half an hour from the worst nap ever to down those things because they numb your throat. What a life saver.<\/li>\n
  25. When you get there it may be 5 in the morning and you may not have slept for 30 hours but gosh dammit you stay awake til 3 because not having jetlag is like the coolest thing ever.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    I\u2019ll update in 5 months with tips on the first six months. Hope I live that\u2019d be great.<\/p>\n

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    Arki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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