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I had an interesting semester studying in Santiago that included some fairly challenging moments.
I thought the un...
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I feel truly connected to Chile and strongly advise that you take the opportunity to go on exchange and broaden your world. I promise that the hardest part isn’t stepping into the unknown, but leaving the people behind with whom you’ve shared your wonderful experience.
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The highlight of academia here would be the Antropology course I took – travelling in a sixties caravan painted with animals and forest scenery to the mountains a scan 2km from the border of Argentina to stay with a Pewenche family (one of the indigenous tribes in Chile)for a weekend.
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Sign up to Miercoles Po on facebook for social events and updates on the parties that are organised every Wednesday. www.cauc.cl is the website for social activities and general student help for students on exhange at La Catolica.
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Enrolment was very straight forward and allowed time to attend some lectures before making final subject selections.
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PUC has a really fantastic student organisation called CAUC that organises weekly events such as skiing in the Andes, visiting Valparaiso
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It was relatively easy to assimilate into university life at PUC, especially due to the fantastic exchange organization CAUC
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After arriving in Chile on the day of the seventh strongest earthquake ever measured, my time here on exchange was always going to be a more different experience than I could ever have anticipated.
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Unlike other faculties, there weren’t very many exchange students studying law during their year abroad, so the academic staff members were particularly supportive and welcoming of my contributions and participation in class.
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In a land surrounded by the geographical extremes of Patagonia, the Pacific Ocean, the Atacama desert and the Andes, Chileans are used to a sense of isolation which leaves them unnoticed. However, I realised throughout my exchange that despite any perceived anonymity, Chile is just as captivating and diverse as its landscape.
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I experienced an 8.8 earthquake (and numerous aftershocks) just a few weeks after my arrival and saw a country transform to assist those worst affected by the disaster.
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¿Yapo weón, cachai? - Not Spanish.
I have recently returned from a year spent at La Pontífica Universidad Católi...
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This exchange has been the best year and experience of my life. I loved every day here.
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