Anyone Else Starting the Japanese Studies Course in September 2011?

Seen this? Makes it look all the more inviting to be honest.

It's probably better to see what's on offer in July rather than making an early decision now.

Ranmoor studios look nice....

Guess what I applied for. :x Now if only I could afford it without starving/begging my relatives for money... >_>

In order to be considered for a scholarship you need at least a 2:1 (I think that is just on the Japanese side of the course, not Spanish or History if you are doing a joint degree), the Japanese university decides who gets one, so I don't think getting one is guaranteed.

They're so spacious, you probably wouldn't be as prone to insanity locked up in a small room while doing an all-nighter in one of those. The bathroom looks ridiculously big though.

I might just put it down anyway and say my first choice was 'rejected'. But then I'm scared that my dad would follow up on why and he'd find out it was my first choice. He's the kind of person who'd do that

yea but no one is joining it , come on you guys, you know you want to get to know the people you will be studying with for the next 4 years

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_163901023664195&ap=1

Yeah, all-nightering around in a tiny room is terrible; feels like a prison cell. Never again.

BTW if you slowly rotate the 3D view towards the door and zoom out, you'll find that the bathroom door looks like it's 5 meters wide:



So I guess it's probably much smaller than the website makes it look.

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Yo, I have a question that would best be answered by current students, and you two are the most active/helpful on here

I was wondering if during the year abroad there are opportunities to do some sort of, well...internship probably isn't the right word, but something that will help me gain experience of how the Japanese business environment works? Do you know if anyone in the previous years has done something similar?
I'm hoping to apply for a Training Contract at an international law firm towards the end of the degree with a Tokyo office seat in mind, so having that sort of experience on my CV would be awesome

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Look into T200. Manchester offers it.

Do you know kana already? If not, buy Let's Learn Hiragana and Let's Learn Katakana and invest the three to four weeks needed to master the syllabic alphabets of Japanese.

Get a book designed for beginners and self-study. Japanese for Busy People should do the trick and has enough to make you get comfortable with the basics of the language. Get the kana version and make sure it's the latest one, as it includes a CD with all the vocabulary and dialogs.

If you can demonstrate dedication and passion for learning Japanese in your PS, you should get in. I'd post mine here, but I don't think that's allowed.

Hi guys, I'm thinking about applying for Japanese but I really don't know what to do to increase my chances of being accepted. I mean, I haven't got any GCSE or A-level knowledge but I'm really interested in this language that I tried to learn it myself but without a teacher being there for me, I find myself quite lost D:

I have already done my A-levels and my results weren't that great; BDDE + Pass in Welsh Baccalaureate (which accounts for 120 UCAS points). I have looked for courses that taught A-level here in Wales but unfortunately there are non. What do I do? I really want to study Japanese?

Also, from my understanding, it's only Sheffield, SOAS and Leeds that offer the T210 correct? or am I missing other universities? ><

By the way, what is the difference between T210 and T200?

having knowledge of the Japanese language beforehand isn't really a pre-requisite.

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I believe giving someone your PS isn't against the rules

Tbh, having knowledge of the Japanese language beforehand isn't really a pre-requisite. My only language experience outside of English is a C in GCSE French and my own native tongue. Nor did I really talk much about langauge in my PS.

Conversely, I suppose you should take everything you can to push your argument forwards. But I suggest diversifying a bit into something like literature, history etc. Films, anime/manga should probably only recieve a passing reference.

Also, I had a look in your profile, and you listed an AB in A levels? The Sheffield site states that with a pass in the Welsh Bacc. you only need an AB, but you've listed different grades in this thread

Also, Oxford Brookes, Cardiff, and UEA offers Japanese.

If you have any more questions just holler. I believe giving someone your PS isn't against the rules, only when they decide to plagiarise it. And even then, the person who did the plagiarising is the one who gets into trouble. If you promise not to, I'll let you have mine

/showthread.php?t=1217434 might help :V

It's not a pre-req but won't be held against you either. I dunno, at least for me, it helped get a rough idea of what I was going to offer four years of my life for before jumping into it. :]

Yeah diversifying is good. I threw in a few sentences about a recent trip to Kyoto as well. I'd avoid rambling about any one point for too long though.

Submitting to the TSR PS library says you need to wait until you're at uni to do it. I was going by that. Anyway, you're probably right and I'm being paranoid for no real reason.

@Near, if you want mine and you promise not to copy it, I can PM it to you. Might not be too helpful though since I'm a &quot;mature&quot; student (I'm only 22 ;-; ) from outside the UK. :x
Also use the TSR PS Helper service. Helped me fine-tune my final PS draft a bit further.

Ah, that A was supposed to be the Welsh Bacc as it's equivalent to 120 tarrif points. Do you think I should use this year that I have to do an extra A-level subject? I really don't know what subject to do though... By the way, the B that I got in A-level was in my mother tongue, if that helps at all


Also, I'm not the type of person to copy from people so you won't have to worry about me plagiarizing your PS. I just want an example to look at to see roughly which way my PS should be headed

It's not a pre-req but won't be held against you either. I dunno, at least for me, it helped get a rough idea of what I was going to offer four years of my life for before jumping into it. :]