Originally Posted by detail
in the Novosibirsk University, there are about 40 foreigners who stay permanently in the dormitory. As I see, they mostly spend their time together, complaining of boredom. I know, it can be tremendously boring to spend time with stupid Russians who always bug you with questions, like "do you know this mat, or that one". But it's sad that we meet rarely and don't learn many more interesting things. You may try some activity on your own. A group of more active foreigners last year made a series of lectures, for example on entrepreneurship, politics (was a funny discussion), application for a job...