Episode28: City or Country?
By: Mana Hashimoto
Tags: United States, City And Country, University, International, Tips

Hello, welcome back to my blog!

“Which one is the better place to study?”

I believe there are two options for us as students to study which are city and country. In cities, there are many famous universities there, so lots of students go there to study. And a fewer number of students go to country universities. You think “so which one is better?” I will tell you from my perspective!

I think both universities have benefits. For the city universities, I have never experienced studying like that environment so I will talk about what I expect and knowledge from YouTube.

City Benefits

Transportation:

I think students who study in the city, they do not need to use cars to go shopping. They probably use trains or buses. Or maybe walking. I believe that in the city, there are many shops and stores around the campus so that they do not even need to drive cars to go there.

And, they can use public transportation too! How convenient! They can go everywhere by that.

Resume:

What I mean by this is if you go to a famous university, you can write down the name of your university on your resume. If that is famous around the world or in your nation, the company will be surprised and will be looking at you with a full of hope. You do not even need to explain what kind of university and where it is located at. Also, if your GPA is higher than 3.00 at a high rate university, it might be beneficial too I think. Even though it is no benefit in the States, it is in Japan.

Knowledge:

I feel like most of the famous universities have professors who graduated from those universities or other famous universities. Since that, I think they have more knowledge than other professors in the country. So that the quality of the lectures is much better in those universities, I guess.

Country Benefits

Environment:

I think the air is clean and fresh than in the city so that it is great to go for a walk or jog around the campus. If you come to the countryside, there are lots of dark places. That means you can able to see real stars and sometimes shooting stars! That is awesome. I went to see stars once by car with my friends, and I laying down by the road at night. Then I saw lots of stars shining! And I saw several shooting stars too. I think this is possible to do on campus. If you go out at night and laying down on the ground, you will see stars.

Study environment:

Since not many shops and stores are around the campus, that environment makes students do work harder. There is nothing else to do rather than studying so that they can focus on their work. If there are many shops and stores around the campus, I will probably go shopping every day or often than right now. I will spend more money too if there are.

Academic:

My university is a small school so that we do not have huge lecture rooms that you maybe think of. So, we have lectures with small rooms that have only 10–30 seats. That means students and professors are close to each other. I think this is good because if I have some questions to ask, I can ask them easily. It will be hard for a big university. And, I think if you take your major classes, all of your professors in your major will recognize you too even though you aren’t. If you are shy and feel difficult to ask after the class, I think you are good at this kind of school.

I talk about both good points. In my perspective, if you are an exchange student, it is good to go to university in the city. Because you have limited time to experience a foreign country, so I do not want you to waste your time and it is a good opportunity to explore the city. However, if you are a full-time student, you may be like to study at a country university. This is because you can focus on your studies. If you want to travel somewhere, you have time to do that, so you do not need to live in a city (you might get bored).

I hope you learned something before you apply to the university and hope this is a help for you to decide your future!

Thank you for coming and hope to see you in the next episode!