University decision

I've decided to study Russian at UCL (University College London) in September, and just need to sort out student finance and accomodation before the end of May.


Lucky me :)

UNIVERSITY

Having previously posted this under the 'hidden' name 'ytisrevinU', I now can post it under what it should be called. Here's the original message and some updates at the bottom...!

Though I almost hesitate to mention  y t i s r e v i n U  stuff in public, as ‚they‘ have eyes everywhere in the internet I’ve heard, and technically aren’t supposed to know who else I’ve a p p l i e d  for...I know, I’ll be cunning and try and make it hard for them to search for themselves here...

I’ve  a p p l i e d  for   R u s s i a n  at    U C L  in  L o n d o n    and at    B r i s t o l,    and for    R u s s i a n  with a little bit of   T h e o l o g y   at    S t. A n d r e w s,    E x e t e r,   and   D u r h a m   – and have so far received...dunno how to call it, a negative response/rejection, from the last of those. But I trust life will be just right nonetheless... :)

The order of things:
Durham rejected me
Exeter accepted me :)
UCL and St Andrews accepted me on the same day  :)  :)
3 weeks later, Bristol accepted me :)

So it's decision time now! And I'm glad I can start so soon. I have until the 31st May to decide, but I'd like to be organised and do the opposite of leaving it to the last minute...
And I also wanted to look at the options of studying in France and Germany, and would consider other countries too perhaps.

But I'm SOOO GLAD to have four out of five offers, I can hardly believe it! Especially in a day and age where more and more people are applying to University. Yippeeeeeeeeeeeee! :) :) :)

Doch bin ich Student! (meaning 'Yes I am a student actually!')

Also a feature of my weekly routine - on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 14:15 to 15:45, I take part in a Linguistics lecture and a Theology seminar respectively, as a 'guest student' ('Gasthörer', literally guest listener) - sort of a programme for people who perhaps work and only have a few hours per week to spare for study, but want to nonetheless. I won't do any exams, but I have to be present 60% of the time to 'pass' and get my certificate saying I took part. Thankfully that means I'm very flexible, so if I'm busy with CVJM work one week and can't go, that's not a problem.
For this privilege, I've had to pay fees of 18€, plus about 12€ to the Copy Shop down the road for a copy of the reading materials. Study will never be so cheap in my life!

The point of being a 'guest student' is to help me decide whether to study Linguistics or Theology at Uni 'properly' (or studying another foreign language would be an option). The Theology idea has only really surfaced since I've come to Germany, but at the moment I'm more that way inclined than to Linguistics - although the latter (ooh, turns out I can still speak English, and formally too, wow!) would probably make for broader career options. But Theology just seems more right for me than Linguistics.
He says now. Who knows when he might change his mind again...

One last thing - hats off to the priest/pastor who leads the Theology seminar - the poor guy wrote on the white board in permanent marker for 95% of the first session.

And one second last thing - the University (a very international one, with 40% students from abroad) is called the European University Viadrina , or Europa-Universität Viadrina, or Uniwersytet europejski "Viadrina" in Polish, as one also sees on signs.

And one last last thing - although it can be tiring sitting through 90 minutes of rather academic German, it's increasing my vocab and, I suppose, knowledge of non-slangish German, which is good.