{"id":6321,"date":"2025-08-13T19:19:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/?p=6321"},"modified":"2026-02-04T22:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:46:52","slug":"james-wu-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/2025\/08\/13\/james-wu-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"James Wu &#8211; USC Madrid, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-intro \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-intro\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n      \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-highlights \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-highlights\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          James Wu &#8211; USC Madrid\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n      <ul>\n              <li><p>Major: Cognitive Science<\/p>\n<\/li>\n              <li><p>Minors: Management Consulting; Spanish<\/p>\n<\/li>\n              <li><p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:yuchanw@usc.edu\">yunchanw@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6322 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/08\/Wu-James-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/08\/Wu-James-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/08\/Wu-James-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/08\/Wu-James-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/08\/Wu-James-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/08\/Wu-James-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk to me about<\/strong>: The obvious one being Spain, whether general or specific questions. Ask me about Spanish food, public transportation, or customs. Or get more personal with my experiences with my host family, why I chose Spain, or what it was like navigating the country as an East Asian in a predominantly Caucasian demographic. I had an amazing experience, and I\u2019d love to clear up any doubts you might have about studying abroad!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice<\/strong>: Don\u2019t feel like you have to travel far on every trip, especially in a country like Spain. There are plenty of adventures right around you if you know where to look. Whether it\u2019s experiencing <em>Via Ferratas<\/em> in Potes or skiing just two hours from Madrid, I can help point you in the right direction. And if you\u2019re trying to improve your Spanish, grocery stores are a great place to kill some time and learn some new vocabulary. Make the most of your time abroad\u2014it\u2019s a rare chance to live and experience a new country and culture as a college student, when responsibilities are still light and you\u2019re still young.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/study-abroad-ambassadors-2\/\">Back to Study Abroad Ambassadors<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make the most of your time abroad\u2014it\u2019s a rare chance to live and experience a new country and culture as a college student, when responsibilities are still light and you\u2019re still young.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":6322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-studyabroadambassadorseurope"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>James Wu - USC Madrid, Spain<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/2025\/08\/13\/james-wu-spain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"James Wu - USC Madrid, Spain - Office of Overseas Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Make the most of your time abroad\u2014it\u2019s a rare chance to live and experience a new country and culture as a college student, when responsibilities are still light and you\u2019re still young.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/2025\/08\/13\/james-wu-spain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Office of Overseas Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-13T19:19:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-04T22:46:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/08\/Wu-James-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"hseely\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/2025\/08\/13\/james-wu-spain\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/overseas-studies\/2025\/08\/13\/james-wu-spain\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"hseely\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/overseas-studies\/#\/schema\/person\/ffeebedc624e6c5907f0ccf612c3995f\"},\"headline\":\"James Wu &#8211; 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