{"id":5433,"date":"2019-01-04T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/?p=5433"},"modified":"2018-12-27T20:39:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T00:39:23","slug":"im-going-to-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2019\/01\/04\/im-going-to-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Going to Hong Kong!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hi everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Soon I will be embarking on a semester abroad in Hong Kong! \u00a0FIT has a direct exchange with Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which means I can complete my Production Management major required classes while I am abroad. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitnyc.edu\/study-abroad\/index.php\">Learn more about FIT\u2019s study abroad programs here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Studying abroad is something I wanted to do during my college experience, and I am excited to have the chance to\u00a0spend the whole semester! \u00a0FIT offers semester-long programs, as well as ones that take place\u00a0during Winter and Summer breaks. \u00a0I am taking my major classes at my host university, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which means I stay on-track to graduate. \u00a0FIT\u2019s curriculum is very focused on your major classes, so I am glad I will not fall behind while I am away. \u00a0Also, studying and interning in Production Management means a lot of discussion about international manufacturing. \u00a0Hong Kong and China are two massive players in the apparel manufacturing realm- studying there will give me plenty of chances to better understand the local customs, geography, and to make connections.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\nStudying abroad is not only a great way to learn, but to have fun! \u00a0While I am there I would like to make a trip (or two!) to Japan and to Hong Kong Disney Land. \u00a0I\u2019m looking forwards to\u00a0visiting the night markets, checking out local cafes, and going to the beautiful beaches they have there.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I will be blogging here all along the way, from what my classes are like to fun activities I get to partake in! \u00a0Be sure to follow along.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Best,<\/div>\n<div>Sam<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! Soon I will be embarking on a semester abroad in Hong Kong! \u00a0FIT has a direct exchange with Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which means I can complete my Production Management major required classes while I am abroad. Learn more about FIT\u2019s study abroad programs here. Studying abroad is something I wanted to do &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2019\/01\/04\/im-going-to-hong-kong\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I&#8217;m Going to Hong Kong!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[36907,32067,63407,7318,8939,62131],"tags":[36907],"class_list":["post-5433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hong-kong","category-resources-at-fit","category-sam","category-student-life","category-study-abroad-2","category-unconventional-minds","tag-hong-kong","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3StnM-1pD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}