Well - you haven’t been to school, if you haven’t been to school in the US. It’s as simple as that.

OK, maybe it is an overstatement, but US universities (both mine and the other ones having Danish exchange students) have so many facets compared to the Danish ones, that you are actually prepared to pack your bags and study here for good. For instance, NYU has two enormous sports centers that would make any Danish commercial center go home crying. As soon as I get some pictures from there I’ll post them. And that’s just one example of what they can do better (and bigger).

What is unusual from a Danish university is the amount of “young” people I see in the hallways and on-campus in general. I’m not sure at which age they start college; my Italian-American roommate says they start at 18. If that’s the case, I would say that most 18 year-olds (and 19 and 20) are relatively less mature than their Danish pendants. However, I will try to dig into it, and check whether they really start at 18 or before, because they really don’t look 18 (that is, the “young” people I see…. I of course also see people, who could be in my Danish class, which is the vast majority).

Above, a picture of the place where I have all my classes, and, if you can call it that, the headquarters of the Leonard N Stern School of Business.

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