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Ava Couture shares her first week of graduate study at NYU Shanghai, where she is beginning a Master’s program in Integrated Marketing. She receives her student ID, attends classes, and eats lunch with new friends in the campus cafeteria. An orientation goodie bag includes a school mascot, tote bag, planner, and keychain. Ava attends a required RA meeting, edits videos in her dorm, and goes to the mall with her roommate. She unboxes a Polaroid photo, a Muji hand towel, a My Little Pony cookie set, and an eye album. The week also includes a group project meeting, Chinese language class, and a speed-friending event for graduate students. She shows the dorm’s communal spaces and vending machines and describes making friends early as helpful when studying abroad.
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Classes, friends, and campus life
Ava Couture begins her first week as a graduate student at NYU Shanghai. She is starting a Master’s program in Integrated Marketing and receives her student ID as classes begin. Her video shows lunch with new friends in the campus cafeteria and a welcome bag with the school mascot, tote bag, planner, and keychain. Ava emphasizes putting herself out there during orientation and making friends early, before groups become established.
She attends a required RA meeting and spends time editing videos in her dorm room. She and her roommate go to the mall, where Ava picks up a Polaroid photo, a Muji hand towel, a My Little Pony cookie set, and an eye album. The unboxing gives the vlog a look at ordinary purchases and how she is settling in.
Study, food, and social events
Ava joins a group project meeting with classmates, then attends Chinese language class as part of her effort to learn about her new environment. She describes meals with friends, including stir-fried cabbage, pork, chicken, and rice. NYU Shanghai’s speed-friending event for graduate students gives her another way to meet people during the first week.
The video ends with a look at her dorm room and shared facilities, including communal spaces and vending machines. Ava presents the first week as a mix of academics, shopping, food, and new friendships. She recommends meeting people during orientation, exploring campus facilities, and attending university social events as ways to become more comfortable in a new setting.
Ava’s orientation goodie bag includes NYU Shanghai’s mascot, a tote bag, planner, and keychain. The dorm and campus tour show communal spaces and vending machines, which help make the unfamiliar environment feel easier to navigate. She spends time editing videos in her room and goes to a mall with her roommate, where she picks up a Polaroid photo, a Muji hand towel, a My Little Pony cookie set, and an eye album. These small purchases and routines sit alongside graduate study and new friendships.
The week also includes a group project meeting, Chinese language class, and a Friday speed-friending event for graduate students. Ava enjoys lunch with new friends in the cafeteria and talks about food as one way to get to know her new surroundings. Her advice is to take part in university events and make connections early, particularly during orientation week before friend groups become established. The vlog captures the mix of academic work, campus activities, dorm life, shopping, food, and social events that make up her first week at NYU Shanghai.
FAQs (From the traveler's perspective)
- Q: How can new students make friends while studying abroad?
- A: Ava recommends meeting people early, especially during orientation week, and taking part in social events. She makes connections with other graduate students and attends NYU Shanghai’s speed-friending event.
- Q: What food did Ava eat during the week?
- A: She mentions meals with friends that included stir-fried cabbage, pork, chicken, and rice. The cafeteria and shared meals are part of the video’s view of her first week at NYU Shanghai.
- Q: What campus facilities did Ava show?
- A: She shows the communal spaces and vending machines in her dorm and describes the campus cafeteria. Seeing these facilities helps her become familiar with her surroundings during the first week.
