In Summary
I got back to Minnesota from Seoul late last night on an uneventful flight with American. Reflecting back on this experience, it was truly one of a kind and I would highly recommend it to any student in aviation.
The courses are a lot to fit into 3 weeks, but the professors do a fantastic job at it and assign minimal amounts of homework so that your nights are free to explore the city and make new friends. KAU has a team of global buddies - KAU students that are there to help the international students get around town, find good food, and learn the local drinking customs, as well as help with any issues.
During the 3 week course, we took two field trips. The first is to Incheon Airport, consistently rated as the best in the world, the second to Korean Air headquarters where you see their flight operations center and some of the maintenance facilities. There is an opportunity for a 2 week unpaid internship with Korean Air after the 3 week program. You don't need to pay for housing. This year, 2 of 7 applicants got the internship. You do need to apply in advance for it though.
We also did 3 cultural excursions, field trips, but after class as opposed to during, and they're optional. The first was a night trip to Seoul where we toured Seoul Tower, ate Korean pizza downtown and were supposed to tour the Blue House (Where the Korean president lives) and surrounding palace, but a demonstration made it so we couldn't. The second was to a ski resort that features the largest luge track in Asia when there's no snow. It's about 1.7km long and you can have as much fun as you want. The track is so much fun it probably wouldn't work in the US due to the potential for you to really get hurt if you take a corner too fast. The third trip was to Lotte World, a theme park. I didn't go to this as I went to Busan for the weekend, but if you like theme parks, you'll like this one.
It was a lot of fun meeting, studying with, and socializing with people from all over the world for the past 22 days. I have no doubt I'll see the majority of the people I met again in the future and I will go back to Korea just as soon as I get the chance.
The courses are a lot to fit into 3 weeks, but the professors do a fantastic job at it and assign minimal amounts of homework so that your nights are free to explore the city and make new friends. KAU has a team of global buddies - KAU students that are there to help the international students get around town, find good food, and learn the local drinking customs, as well as help with any issues.
During the 3 week course, we took two field trips. The first is to Incheon Airport, consistently rated as the best in the world, the second to Korean Air headquarters where you see their flight operations center and some of the maintenance facilities. There is an opportunity for a 2 week unpaid internship with Korean Air after the 3 week program. You don't need to pay for housing. This year, 2 of 7 applicants got the internship. You do need to apply in advance for it though.
We also did 3 cultural excursions, field trips, but after class as opposed to during, and they're optional. The first was a night trip to Seoul where we toured Seoul Tower, ate Korean pizza downtown and were supposed to tour the Blue House (Where the Korean president lives) and surrounding palace, but a demonstration made it so we couldn't. The second was to a ski resort that features the largest luge track in Asia when there's no snow. It's about 1.7km long and you can have as much fun as you want. The track is so much fun it probably wouldn't work in the US due to the potential for you to really get hurt if you take a corner too fast. The third trip was to Lotte World, a theme park. I didn't go to this as I went to Busan for the weekend, but if you like theme parks, you'll like this one.
It was a lot of fun meeting, studying with, and socializing with people from all over the world for the past 22 days. I have no doubt I'll see the majority of the people I met again in the future and I will go back to Korea just as soon as I get the chance.
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