I recently made a decision about moving to abroad for my further higher education. I chose South Korea as my top priority, which is not normal for people like me because it is a trend nowadays to move to speaking countries, English speaking countries like the USA, Canada Australia but I chose a country that where no one speaks English, they all rely on the local language, Hangul Korean and it I made this decision because studying abroad was always my dream and I wanted to pursue my bachelor’s degree of somewhere out of my country. So I made a decision on going for my bachelor’s in computer science and artificial intelligence in South Korea, the University of Hankuk. So I researched about it and I got to know about the scholarship they provide and I was lucky enough to grab it and got a hundred percent scholarship and when I told this about this to my friend they were like not so happy and we saw that I was moving to a country where no one spoke English and no one understood our Indian culture because they are really different Southeast Asians. And we are like very moderate kind of South Asians. So there will be a big cultural shock to me when I moved here. So they reacted very surprisingly stunned about it. and I think it was my best decision to move here because the opportunities here are excellent and I get to know about many things that I won’t get by moving to other countries and I explored all the culture that preserved.
Band 6+: Describe a decision you made that was unpopular with others. You should say: - What the decision was - Why you made it - How others reacted And explain whether you think it was the right decision in the end.
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I recently made a decision about moving abroad for my further higher education. I chose South Korea as my top priority, which is not normal for people like me because it is a trend nowadays to move to English-speaking countries like the USA, Canada, and Australia, but I chose a country where no one speaks English; they all rely on the local language, Hangul Korean. I made this decision because studying abroad was always my dream and I wanted to pursue my bachelor's degree somewhere out of my country. So I decided to go for my bachelor's in computer science and artificial intelligence in South Korea, at Hankuk University. I researched about it and learned about the scholarship they provide, and I was lucky enough to grab it and got a hundred percent scholarship. When I told this to my friends, they were not so happy and saw that I was moving to a country where no one spoke English and no one understood our Indian culture because they are really different Southeast Asians. We are like very moderate South Asians, so there would be a big cultural shock to me when I moved here. They reacted very surprisingly, stunned about it. I think it was my best decision to move here because the opportunities here are excellent, and I get to know about many things that I wouldn't get by moving to other countries, and I explored all the culture that is preserved.
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