Cultural clashes & mistakes to avoid when making friends while studying abroad - with Aadya in the UK (Part 1)

In this episode, my guest Aadya shares her story of living abroad
in the United States of America during her childhood and moving
ten times to different cities due to her Dad's jobs. Find out why
she loved it and why she decided to do her Masters in the UK
(pre-Brexit) instead of the US. Learn how cultural differences
between India and the UK challenged her perceptions of
punctuality, and why it was difficult for her to move from a
collectivistic to an individualistic country.

This is part 1 out of 2.

Listen to this episode if you want to learn:


Difference between collectivistic and individualistic
countries

 Why you should not only try to make friends from your
country of origin

What a GMAT is and where you need it to study abroad

Why Aadya thinks that British people are super polite

What a cultural melting pot is

Why it is important to make friends with internationals and
locals and not only people from your hometown



These are my favorite quotes of the episode:


14:34:"When he left I was actually kinda overwhelmed and sad
because I hadn’t been away from home before."

17:41:"We were actually making jokes even when the pandemic
started because for physical meetings every time someone was late
they’ll be like “oh traffic” and then I was like what are you
gonna say now “internet traffic” for virtual meetings?"

18:46:“I think just they way they talk is super polite and I
loved it, I absolutely loved it” 

25:12:"I love being exposed to different cultures. I don’t
want to be someone who just only hangs out with other Indian
people or other people from the US when I go somewhere new.
Because I think that defeats the purpose."



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