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reppu

Another option

Oct 12, 2009 18:01

Grad school in Sweden. I am considering this. Anyone have any opinions or experiences here? Looking at Lund University's Asian Studies program or Uppsala's History program. Each program is just one to two years (depending on which Masters degree I choose to get), which is a much more manageable commitment than seven years for a PhD. That's not ( Read more... )

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februaryfour October 12 2009, 22:47:34 UTC

Does it have to be Sweden? I hear rates are more or less the same throughout Europe...

reppu October 12 2009, 23:00:07 UTC

Rates? You mean school being free or the temperature?

februaryfour October 12 2009, 23:05:50 UTC

Rates as in school, dear--I haven't heard of temperatures being referred to as "rates" before... ^_^

reppu October 12 2009, 23:09:38 UTC

I still don't understand. Rates as in prices, meaning the free thing? I know other countries have free schooling, but I haven't heard about free schooling for foreigners before.

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amai October 13 2009, 04:44:43 UTC

Summer internships in Greece or Spain? :)

OMG! Sweden with you = FREAKING FANTASTIC

I'm aiming for Public Health at Lund and Uppsala. I want to apply for the International Development program too at Lund (as a back-up) but I don't know if it is a good idea to apply for two different programs at the same school. I feel like we should find a third school too...

reppu October 13 2009, 13:09:50 UTC

I went to the CommonApp page, and it said that you can choose up to four programs you want, and then rank them. If you get into your top-ranked program, you'll go there, but if not, they'll go to your second, and so on. Lund has Asian Studies and Japanese, while Uppsala has History and Cultural Anthropology. I know Goteburg (?) has a Global Studies program too. That's all I found that qualified for me.

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reppu October 13 2009, 13:12:49 UTC

The problem is that, as a history major, there aren't too many places to work that have both a historical focus or an East Asian focus. The best I could do is work at a Japanese or Chinese museum of some sort, which we really don't have in my area. I do want to work, but being a secretary or a waitress somewhere isn't really "educational" work experience. I suppose translating would work, but I'm not that good just yet. I'm at a loss for what other kinds of things I could do.

Oh Spock, you and your shiny movie will be in my hands on November 17th!

seaster October 13 2009, 10:43:17 UTC

Heyy~ You should totally come to Sweden! It's not that cold, honestly. Lund doesn't get snow in the winter (unless the weather is messed up) and Uppsala isn't as far north to give it unusual amounts of snow. I've been to school in Uppsala and it's a really nice student city. Only visited Lund, but it's the same thing: most of the population are students.

Oh yeah, there are talks about making foreign students pay for their education, so you better decide real soon...

reppu October 13 2009, 13:21:59 UTC

It's good to hear that Lund doesn't get snow. I like the sound of their Asian Studies program, though it doesn't seem like it has a language requirement, which is a turn-off. About how warm does it get around there? Also, this whole "student union/student nations" thing is a bit interesting. You have to join a union, but the nations are optional, am I correct? It's all kinda confusing to me!

Mind if I ask you a couple of questions about Uppsala? What did you study while you were there? As far as applying goes, I figure I might as well apply. I don't see where it'll cost me anything but time, and it's a simple application, so why not? I can always make the final decision if I get accepted, right? :D

seaster October 13 2009, 16:12:03 UTC

Ahh, well, it's Sweden, so it's probably still cold to you. ^_^; Southern Sweden in the winter... A few degrees above the freezing point and a lot of rain ( ... )

reppu October 13 2009, 16:35:34 UTC

I can deal with above freezing. I can even deal with -3C. I think my limit is about -10C, and I don't like cold wind. I mean, where I live, it gets to about 4 or 5C every winter, so I'll always be a bit spoiled on that end ( ... )

gottis_chan October 23 2009, 12:08:00 UTC

/Random stopper by.

Come to Sweden, we have cookies! 8D

And it's not that cold. =/ Really, too hot for me. Then again, I'm a wimp.

Hello there, I'm Gottis~

reppu October 23 2009, 16:46:35 UTC

Haha, drive-by posting. I love it. Nice to met ya Gottis! Where have I seen you before?

I'm looking at Lund, which is in the South, where the weather is currently 9C. I can deal with that. It'll get colder, but as long as it stays above -5C, I can deal. I mean, I'm from a place where 9C is the lowest temperature for the winter. I certainly am a winter wimp. :D

If I can figure out how to deal with Sweden's high cost of living, I might be able to manage it. Would certainly be an interesting experience! I've visited Europe, but I've never lived there before!

gottis_chan October 26 2009, 11:55:28 UTC

Yeah, me too. ^_^;; Likewise~

Probably somewhere? Burimyu, Tenimyu, something else? IDK. =O;;

Awww. <3 I wish the university at Gotland was better, because we usually get really mild winters. =/ God I miss the snooooooooooooow! T___T *cough* Anyway. Lund is a good town, I think, even though I've never been there. Its university is really famous.

Everything in Sweden is expensive. Fair warning. =|