Oooh, I see. You sound so much like me lol! I'm not really a party/drinking type of person but I like to every now and again (as in, once every 1-2 months) but the society events and making Japanese friends sounds like something I'd be totally into
I also LOVE Japanese food and have always wanted to try Korean food so I'll be making sure to check those restaurants out if I end up going to Leeds.
It's okay, I emailed the admissions tutor and it was a mistake so now GCSE Spanish at grade C is in both conditional offers
I'm unsure whether I should firm Japanese and Linguistics or just Japanese - I know it's my choice but what would you say? I always value a second opinion. Also, if I were to get a D in GCSE Spanish but meet the A-level requirements do you think they would be harsh enough to reject me? I will email them but again, second opinion appreciated
Yay! I'm not sure what time I'll be coming exactly but I should be there late morning-early afternoon time, I'll let you know the details closer to the time.
Oooh, I see. Yeah, I know doing a homestay is a risk (the guy I spoke to at the open day said this as well) but I would like to at least do a weekend homestay, if possible. The university gives you lots of information about the families though, right? I mean you need to at least know about the people you'll potentially be living with for a year. Kobe Gakuin must do homestays as well as that's the university that guy went to
I'm not that fussed about where I'm placed (Kyoto area is my preference, though) but I'm sure I'll be more comfortable about it when it's my turn to sort it out for myself haha.
Yeah, I noticed that the amount of Japanese Sheffield students way outweigh the amount of Japanese Leeds students around here and it's quite off-putting to hear them diss Leeds in the way some of them do. I went to both university open days and in my opinion, the course at Sheffield is better BUT not by much and overall (in terms of accommodation, city, university, course etc.) I found Leeds to be better. I was interested in the discovery modules and tbh I'd love to take all kinds of different modules due to being interested in many different topics and I've heard that it can make you more desirable to employers too.
Good luck! What are you studying atm?