Purdue University
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
United States of America

I love it and hate it here. Purdue has the largest international student population in the nation I should think. There are about 250 Malaysians here, and we make the top ten list of large international populations here at Purdue joining China, India and Korea. It's nice here most of the time, except if you can't handle weather that fluctuates like crazy then don't come here. The roads are awful because of the weather. I like it here because of the freedom. If anything, you should live in the dorms for at least a year. Make sure you do your homework and look at the fees, because I know some Malaysians who are attending Purdue and are transferring next year because it's too expensive (bodohnya).

Racism isn't a problem here, because like I said Purdue has the largest international student population in the nation. I have a lot of friends, my roommate and boyfriend say I know wayy too many Asians on campus xD I don't hang out with the Malaysians here because they all stick together and only ever hang out with each other (or at least that's my impression but whenever I bump into them, they're always in the same groups). I've been studying overseas since Form 4 - I finished high school in Japan. My parents accepted the assignment because they wanted my brother and me to have an equal opportunity at education, unlike what you get in Malaysia. I don't get homesick, because I've been trying to get out from under my parents' roof for a while now.

I think the real difference between studying overseas and locally is the pricing and the standard that you receive. Also, I'm doing the full four years overseas, and do not understand this twinning business that most Malaysians seem to like so much.