I never fail to surprise myself
Late edition news:
Ok - so I visited the uni today. Initial impressions where, urgh... you call this a uni? There were lots of undergrads hanging around that just reaked of "eau de I couldn't get into any better uni" and "eau de I am an overseas student that moans about exams, I mean I paid for it already, why do I have to study?". This freaked me out a bit .. but when I visited the actual department I was pleasantly surprised. I mean, it is a really focused little place. It is offers one of the only courses that has a competition law component combined with all of the economics stuff. The lecturers are often from industry, including senior people working at the Competition Commission. All of this convinced me to sign on the dotted line. So, it is pretty much a done deal now. About as done as they get in the deal business.
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Today I am off to Uni. I am going to meet with the programme director for MSc Economic Competition and Regulation. Then I will be seeing the programme admin chicky about paying my deposit and converting from a part time enrolment to full time. It is a bit weird to be back in the position of looking at doing full time study again. I am a bit disconcerted, but for one reason or another the lure of learning has pulled me back into the exam world. It has been quite a difficult decision to make, and I am holding out a bit on saying that I have fully made the decision, but today is the deadline for paying the deposit and as I mentioned in the last post, time is a very impatient master.
One of my issues is that the uni itself is not really Ivy League quality, but I did have a good look at Cambridge and LSE (London School of Economics), and my gut feeling was that they were more interested in "economics as it can be made to look alot like engineering" and not so much "economics as it relates to real world policy analysis". Since the former makes me shudder and the later makes me think happy thoughts, I am sticking with my current guns. I think. Well I haven't signed anything yet, but I am getting there. The idea today is to keep a very open mind to both the idea of doing full time study, and the idea of deferring the decision for a year if I am not happy with the Uni. It is kinda important to get this bit right. Well, not "end of the world" important, but certainly more than "which wool would make a nice scarf" important.
I will keep you posted on the outcomes!
Ok - so I visited the uni today. Initial impressions where, urgh... you call this a uni? There were lots of undergrads hanging around that just reaked of "eau de I couldn't get into any better uni" and "eau de I am an overseas student that moans about exams, I mean I paid for it already, why do I have to study?". This freaked me out a bit .. but when I visited the actual department I was pleasantly surprised. I mean, it is a really focused little place. It is offers one of the only courses that has a competition law component combined with all of the economics stuff. The lecturers are often from industry, including senior people working at the Competition Commission. All of this convinced me to sign on the dotted line. So, it is pretty much a done deal now. About as done as they get in the deal business.
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Today I am off to Uni. I am going to meet with the programme director for MSc Economic Competition and Regulation. Then I will be seeing the programme admin chicky about paying my deposit and converting from a part time enrolment to full time. It is a bit weird to be back in the position of looking at doing full time study again. I am a bit disconcerted, but for one reason or another the lure of learning has pulled me back into the exam world. It has been quite a difficult decision to make, and I am holding out a bit on saying that I have fully made the decision, but today is the deadline for paying the deposit and as I mentioned in the last post, time is a very impatient master.
One of my issues is that the uni itself is not really Ivy League quality, but I did have a good look at Cambridge and LSE (London School of Economics), and my gut feeling was that they were more interested in "economics as it can be made to look alot like engineering" and not so much "economics as it relates to real world policy analysis". Since the former makes me shudder and the later makes me think happy thoughts, I am sticking with my current guns. I think. Well I haven't signed anything yet, but I am getting there. The idea today is to keep a very open mind to both the idea of doing full time study, and the idea of deferring the decision for a year if I am not happy with the Uni. It is kinda important to get this bit right. Well, not "end of the world" important, but certainly more than "which wool would make a nice scarf" important.
I will keep you posted on the outcomes!
posted by tangles at 7:57 PM
6 Comments:
Nice work Chia.
Nothing more to add but I thought your advanced levels of decision making warranted a 'nice work' so well: "Nice work".
Oh thank you! Sometimes I don't get my head. Just when I think that it is in direction "a", I look down and my feet are heading in direction "b". I have a quick consult with head, and head says, "oh yes I have been telling feet to go in direction 'b' for some time now". I respond, "Well, head, it would be nice if you kinda gave me a bit more info about all this prior to hyjacking my feet, and feet, just hooooold up a second while me and head have a quick meeting about all this".
Then the men in white suits start looking at me intently.
I think this all sounds very positive.I have expressed this to you, and am now expressing it publically.
You can come over for dinner, and stuff, and it will all be fine.
You have been talking this way for a while, and it all sounds like it fits.
xx.
So that's why you are usually looking down at your feet in the pics that you post on the blog: You are in conversation with them!
It makes sense!
Nobody wants feet that don't listen to their brain. Keep em in line Tangles!
(Short version: You go girl! *finger click and head wobble*)
Congratulations!
This is fabulous!
Yay, babe, well done.
Now: just be sure that you don't start reeking of eau de pious mature age student who tells the kids to shut up in lectures, cos your parents aren't paying for this degree...
I'm pleased - I will buy you a celebration cookie, and bring you that CD.
xxx
hey, wow, I missed a lot. Back in Sweden now. All this sounds very exciting, best of luck!!
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