Life as an Exchange Student
Being an exchange student is really no joke. You have to juggle school work, social activities and travels altogether. It's like being a student back at SMU with all my extra curricular commitments..only that the priorities are reshuffled.

Traveling, from research through internet or natives, sourcing of tickets and accomodation, coordinating with friends, planning of schedules to the actual trip itself takes up 50%, socialising 25%, classes 10%(technically, it should require more attention than that), cooking and other household chores 10%.

That pretty sums up my exchange life. Unless you do not intend to travel much, life is bound to be pretty hectic. Nevertheless, it's a very liberating and rewarding one.