Starting from the beginning

When we were invited to join VIU institutional blogging team, we felt honoured and very happy. There are lots of nice stories to be told. We are very excited to share our experience and maybe encourage people who are willing to study outside their countries. 

To start this blog we will share with you a little bit about us. Our project to take a MBA (Master of Business Administration) abroad started on September 2007. Yes... A long time ago. As it was an important project, we decided to do things calmly. We needed to study to make some tests, like TOEFL and GMAT; to save money; to dispose our belongings and also to plan our weeding. Our goal was to start the MBA as a married couple!

The first important thing was to choose the country. We picked Canada because it is a country with many foreigners, so we believed that we would be well received here (and we really were). After it, we chose some Canadian universities to apply for the MBA program. On December 2009, we sent our application packages to some universities and we were accepted in 6 Business Schools. But, since the beginning our relationship with VIU was very positive. We received the full support from the University. VIU gave us the confidence we needed to leave our work, families and friends behind. And we arrived here on June 21 at this charming town called Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

So, just married, just enrolled. We got married on April 10 and on June 20 we moved to Canada. As you know, the classes here start in September, but we came two months earlier to take the Pre MBA.

In the next post, we will share with you how was our arrival in this frozen land, how was the Canadians' receptiveness and also we will tell you about our first adventures here. See you soon!