Dortmund Brochure

Yesterday when I went home, there were two different brochures waiting for me: one for the city of Dortmund and one for Universität Dortmund. These were really informative-especially the one about the university because I have done a lot of research about Germany, but I have have not learned a whole lot about the actual school that I am going to. Here are some things that I learned:
*Universität Dortmund was found in 1968, so it is a fairly new school (at least when compared to the two colleges that I have attended thus far)
*There are about 22,000 students and about 1,500 of them are degree-seeking students from abroad, so there are a lot of international students!
*The brochure says that someone will pick me up at the station, help me move into my room, and assist me with registration. On top of this, they have a buddy program where I will meet a German student who will help me.
*During orientation, they will give me a tour of Dortmund. On bicycle. :-)
After reading these brochures, I've decided two things. 1) I need to learn a ton of stuff about football (soccer) because I don't know ANYTHING about it and it is huge in Dortmund 2) I need to start drinking beer because it is also huge in Dortmund (in fact, my adviser even told me that I should work on this because beer is such a big deal in Germany)

I have officially decided to go to the German-in-review course in March so now I will need to be in Dortmund on March 9. I also applied for my ISEP health insurance for my trip (Everyone who studies through ISEP is required to buy health insurance through them. I didn't have to buy nearly as much as everyone else because I am required by German law to have German health insurance) So I am now covered if I die in Germany and need to have my body shipped back to the States, or if I am medically evacuated. A little morbid, but also very important.

I need to have my arrival plan ready for the next study abroad meeting (11/17) so I should have my plane ticket and stuff ready by then. I'm currently waiting for an email from the study abroad coordinator at Dortmund telling me when I need to arrive in the city. I know I need to be there by March 9, but I don't know when I need to actually arrive. I'll keep you posted!

Tschüss!