I’ve been admitted! What’s next? 2020 Edition The first and hard step in my planification about doing a Master in Sweden , was the anxiety of waiting the results! After I did, I ask myself. What’s next? I remember in 2019 during the first week of april, I received an email about my application! Yes!! I was accepted by my first choice: […] Written by Camilo 3 Apr 2020 at 10.39 am How-tos and tips Learning Swedish Travel Uncategorized
My Swedish way of life: Sweden changed my life Living in a new country that is very different from my birth country has been challenging in many aspects; however, I must admit that I enjoyed the change a lot. Not only my daily routine has changed, but also my entire way of see the life. In short, I have a swedish way of life […] Written by Camilo 29 Mar 2020 at 8.47 pm Everyday life How-tos and tips Social life Uncategorized
A love letter to the Swedish Sun (in winter) My dearest love. It feels too long since I last saw your beautiful face. In your absence I now realise, I took your radiance and warmth for granted. I steal a glimpse of you when the clouds part but they’ve become so greedy these days. Sadly I cannot spend every waking moment outside in your […] Written by Lusanda 24 Mar 2020 at 12.32 am Everyday life Social life Swedish cities Travel
Student Money Diaries: Living in a university town – Lund Hejsan, your favourite Student Money Diaries series is back! It’s been more than 6 months since I officially established my life in Sweden. As a summary for my half-year living in Lund, I have decided to take an analysis of my financial health. And I realised living in a university town like Lund can help […] Written by Nguyen 14 Mar 2020 at 4.30 pm Everyday life How-tos and tips
How is teaching and learning different in Sweden? There’s a particular memory of primary school which comes back to me often. Sometimes it will come when I’m stuck in a rut. Other times it isn’t so narrative, and it just appears out of nowhere – like a guy trying to involve you in an Illuminati pyramid scheme (hello spammers on our Facebook page), […] Written by Emma 8 Mar 2020 at 2.20 pm About me Academics Everyday life
How to Survive Your Master Thesis? Honestly, I don’t know the answer. As a student in the middle of the intensive 6-month period of the master thesis, I might have some tips but not all the answers. In this post, I am going to tell you all about the master thesis process, challenges, my story, and lastly you will find some […] Written by Hazal 1 Mar 2020 at 5.51 pm Academics How-tos and tips
Lessons from the Smartest Textiles I’ve met in Borås Imagine a bone chillingly, freezing winter – the kind that makes you grab 3 sweaters to wear under your warmest coat and at least 2 pairs of socks. Then imagine your socks actually heated themselves up so you only needed one pair. WHAT? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?? HOW HAVE I NOT BOUGHT SELF-HEATING SOCKS YET??? […] Written by Lusanda 29 Feb 2020 at 11.18 pm Holidays and occasions Swedish culture
The horrifying, the unbearable, the terrible: Swedish Winter Brace yourself winter is coming. At least this what I thought, or what people have been telling me. “Winter in Sweden is cold, it snows ALL THE TIME, the temperature will not rise above 0 °C. You’re lucky to stay alive basically.” The fact that I am writing these lines proves that I did stay alive! […] Written by Sara Roza 24 Feb 2020 at 12.00 pm Everyday life How-tos and tips Swedish cities Uncategorized
Student Life in Sweden: My first semester in Gothenburg in 7 words It was 11 am, after almost 48 hours of travel, I was very tired but also very excited! I was going to start my student life again. In Gothenburg! I was waiting my luggage, I had no hurry because I knew that nobody was waiting for me at the arrival door I was going to […] Written by Camilo 23 Feb 2020 at 9.36 pm About me Everyday life Social life
Why changing my MA was the best decision I made in Sweden Hiya guys! You may have read on a previous post of mine (or not! It’s cool!) where I said that I moved to a new programme. I was originally in Uppsala studying my MA in Literature. But after a year of studying it, I realised it wasn’t quite right for me. So after a lot of […] Written by Emma 7 Oct 2018 at 10.56 am About me Academics
“What ifs” you do not need to worry about before coming to Sweden Before coming here, I spend too much of my time worrying about things that now I realize I didn’t needed to. When you start doing your application, the pressure is enough and you already have too much to worry about. There’s always that simple but disturbing thoughts before applying or coming to a different country, […] Written by Marina 3 Nov 2015 at 6.37 pm Social life Travel
Sweden Application tips Today marks the last day to submit your choices for the 1st admission round for Bachelor and Master applications for Autumn 2017. Therefore, I decided to quick write 5 Sweden application tips to give you a much needed pat on the shoulder to tell you that your almost through with the first step to coming to […] Written by Anita 16 Jan 2017 at 5.34 pm Academics How-tos and tips
10 Awesome Arrival Day Tips! Your arrival day is getting closer and judging from the questions I have been getting, many of you are just like me. You plan ahead! That is really an awesome thing to do, considering that most of you are in for quite a journey. Even though you think your plan is top notch, you might […] Written by Sanjay 3 Jun 2018 at 10.00 am Everyday life How-tos and tips Travel
