LSBU Review

The location was the best part of being at LSBU. From the window in my room I could see the top of the London Eye and it was only a 20 minute walk! Once I got more comfortable in London, I started walking EVERYWHERE. It saved me so much money. They were also close to Elephant and Castle which is where I did most of my grocery shopping. I usually went to the 99p store, then Iceland (and prayed they had some chicken or pork in stock), and then Tesco for my weekly groceries. They also had an Asian mart upstairs and a bunch of other stores.

The school part was very different from what I was used to but it wasn't hard to adapt. Classes had both a lecture and seminar and each were two hours long for me. I took three business classes and didn't have any homework. I only had coursework which was like a research paper and a final exam. To take attendance, you had to tap your student id in your classroom and then tap it again when you left the building. You also needed your id to get inside every building which made the campus very safe.

My favorite class was London: City of Change because we would go on field trips every once in awhile. One time we walked through Hyde Park and ended up at the Albert Memorial. We also explored a little bit of the V&A Museum before going back. I wish I had known that the one bus stop between all three museums drops you back to campus earlier! I kept going back to South Kensington because of that convenient bus route.

I went during the spring semester and got to experience a three week Easter holiday. The mini vacation was nice but made it very hard to study for exams after. If I could do it again, I would've chosen classes that were 100% coursework and no exams. While I was there, a French company started a cookery school for free. I hope they still have it. They didn't get a very big turn out when I went, but we got to learn how to cook and keep what we made. One time we made quiche, a savory one and a dessert one, and they were so large I had dinner for a week after. AND IT WAS FREE!