Life as an Exchange Student at Sydney University: FAQs I spent the first semester of my junior year at The University of Georgia as an exchange student at Sydney University in Australia. I have had a few prospective exchange students contact me to ask me questions about my Sydney Uni exchange experience so I figured I would address some of the most common ones publicly. What's the difference between studying abroad and being an exchange student? There is indeed a difference between 'going on exchange' and 'studying abroad', at least at UGA. 'Studying abroad' connotes traveling to a foreign country amongst