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Japanese at Sheffield

Reply 60

username42053

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Ah good. They'll get back to you pretty quickly I'm sure. So are you definitely going to do Chinese at Sheffield?

Reply 61

ob.is.a.bit.good

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franpgb

Ah good. They'll get back to you pretty quickly I'm sure. So are you definitely going to do Chinese at Sheffield?

i still dont know O_O its such a bizarre situation to be in... and as my friends have said to me only i could land myself in such a predicament -dies-

chinese is something that i really do have a keen interest for and its a great investment for the future, however im worried that i wont pick it up aswell as others due to my alevel background of biol/maths/geog (i only studied languages at gcse french and german grades a and b)

and theres a part of me that is still drawn to science and the practical side of the biomedical course....

: :confused:

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Reply 62

ob.is.a.bit.good

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ob.is.a.bit.good

i still dont know O_O its such a bizarre situation to be in... and as my friends have said to me only i could land myself in such a predicament -dies-

chinese is something that i really do have a keen interest for and its a great investment for the future, however im worried that i wont pick it up aswell as others due to my alevel background of biol/maths/geog (i only studied languages at gcse french and german grades a and b)

and theres a part of me that is still drawn to science and the practical side of the biomedical course....

: :confused:

:

+++ my parents are very negative about me doing chinese, theyre like "what job will you get afterwards" and i keep telling them that there isnt a -specific- job for me after i graduate but the list will of jobs will be endless! grrrr they can be sooooooo annoying when they want to be >_<

Reply 63

username42053

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I think A level background is pretty much irrelevant, in a sense, when it comes to things like Chinese and Japanese..unless you've done them at A level.

Knowing a European language like French or Spanish won't help you really. On another thread, maybe, gaijin mentioned a good point saying that essentially it doesn't matter.

I'm in the opinion that it doesn't matter what parents say. You're the one going to Uni, you're the one who has to do the course for 4 years. Ignore them. Great job opportunities I'm sure for Chinese.

Hm, so you basically can't choose between Chinese and Biomed? Sorry, can't help you :biggrin:

You're the one going to be doing the course, not me.

Reply 64

Aizen

OP

ob.is.a.bit.good

i still dont know O_O its such a bizarre situation to be in... and as my friends have said to me only i could land myself in such a predicament -dies-

chinese is something that i really do have a keen interest for and its a great investment for the future, however im worried that i wont pick it up aswell as others due to my alevel background of biol/maths/geog (i only studied languages at gcse french and german grades a and b)

and theres a part of me that is still drawn to science and the practical side of the biomedical course....

: :confused:

:

Well I just wanted to say for the 'having no background in languages' I doubt that will matter at all. My background is Computer programming and I'm coming to Sheffield in September to do Japanese Studies.

If you really have a passion for Chinese you will enjoy learning it and pick up just as fast as anyone else. If you feel you still have a strong passion for biomedical then theres nothing stopping you from doing an evening course or extra module in Chinese, right?

And as Fran said with the parents thing, its your choice at the end of the day and I have had similar conversations with my parents about job prospects and I can't really tell them what i'm going to be doing after. All I know is I want to learn Japanese and find out about Japan and this course has everything for me. I'll worry about jobs in the 4th year with career fairs etc.

Reply 65

thefaceless

Hah, my parents were unsure before I started but now they're really proud and love telling everyone. They'll come round.

The other way to look at it is this - not all jobs actually require something specific. Sure, if you're going to be a doctor you'll need a medical degree, but many, many career paths just need a degree of any kind. Most of those who'll ask why you're doing Japanese or Chinese would approve of people doing History or English, degrees which are focused on the skills you gain rather than anything specific. Japanese and Chinese actually have more skills than those degrees though, people just don't realise it. You write essays, you have to be creative, you have to learn communication skills through seminars and group presentations, then you have an entire year abroad in a foreign culture on your own developing personally and doing all of the above all over again, along with, in Japanese at least, the year abroad project which builds writing, creative and research skills amongst other things. And that's all just the tip of the iceberg, you'll have tons to make potential employers interested in you. Plus there are language related jobs anyway - translation, interpretation, etc, if you wanted to go down that road. You'll be much more interesting than yet another History, English or Media Studies graduate.

Background? They don't hugely mind or matter. I only had a GCSE A in French and Latin with a year of Spanish in school and I was accepted and am doing just fine. If you were doing French and had done Spanish that would help, and Japanese would help Chinese as well as the reverse, but European languages don't really help Asian ones. Put in the work and you'll be fine.

Reply 66

ob.is.a.bit.good

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thanks for all the advice guys... i will most defiantely be coming to a decision soon... namely because my deadline is june 2nd!! haha O_O

still waiting to here back from ug admissions

Reply 67

Spinal

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ob.is.a.bit.good

thanks for all the advice guys... i will most defiantely be coming to a decision soon... namely because my deadline is june 2nd!! haha O_O

still waiting to here back from ug admissions

Let us know what they say, I'm interested to hear. :eek:

Reply 68

ob.is.a.bit.good

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Adonis

Let us know what they say, I'm interested to hear. :eek:

hehe will do!! i thought you'd have the answer though :wink:

Reply 69

ob.is.a.bit.good

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they havent replied yet! i wonder whats taking soo long *_*

Reply 70

brak3n

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Chinese will be hard, and I personally know biomed is hard too. If you're unsure about doing either of them when you have to sit down and spend hours revising, it's going to be hard to motivate yourself to do that.
Which would you rather do? Spend hours going over and memorising Chinese characters, or hours going over and memorising cell signalling pathways? Neither is fun, but which do you have more drive to succeed at?

still no reply :eek:

SEAS can be slightly notorious for their delay when it comes to e-mails. I've also found it quicker to ring the office or literally go there.

Just ring them up. Who did you send your e-mail to?

Reply 73

Aizen

OP

Anyone who will be taking Japanese related courses this year at Sheffield is welcome to join the new Facebook group! Just click the link below and join up :smile:

Everyone is welcome!

Click Me!

Reply 74

Powersymphonia

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I just love Sheffield's miniature ChinaTown.

Reply 75

ob.is.a.bit.good

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adonis she finally replied and sent me a .pdf on the year out! i can email you it if you want? or i can attach it?

Reply 76

Spinal

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ob.is.a.bit.good

adonis she finally replied and sent me a .pdf on the year out! i can email you it if you want? or i can attach it?

Attach or e-mail is fine. I PMed you my e-mail address. Thanks mate.

Reply 77

ob.is.a.bit.good

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you're new username confused me for like 2 mins i was like "hmmmm this person has the same avatar and signature as adonis............ -time goes on- ........ i guess he changed it" lol duh

i was going to attach it but its too big for tsr so ill email it :biggrin:

Reply 78

Ezikio

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thefaceless

University selection is made by the Year Abroad Student Coordinator based on the following criteria:
1. Maximum of two students per university
2. Exam results (For example, Keio or Doshisha require 70% or above and Nagoya requires 60% or above in level one exam results).
3. Special requirements. (For example, business students go to Otaru as this is a business university)
4. Financial need. There is no guarantee of a scholarship, but they are more likely with some universities; some universities do not offer scholarships.

Is it a definite that you'll get placed at Otaru if you do Business? I'm still unsure about whether I want to take it but this would definately be a bad point as I was really hoping to go to a different J.Uni.

Reply 79

gaijin

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Ezikio

Is it a definite that you'll get placed at Otaru if you do Business? I'm still unsure about whether I want to take it but this would definately be a bad point as I was really hoping to go to a different J.Uni.

It depends on the requirements of your other half as it were. Certain departments demand you take selective modules in the course of that study during the YA, however its only really limited to dual language degrees. You may have to learn French or German in Japan for example. However some universities will flat out reject you from doing this, if your Japanese is not good enough. Also you will be learning a foreign language in Japanese. Heh. :smile:

This severely limits your options to about 4 or 5 unis in Japan, unless your Japanese is fantastic.

On the notion of that point 4 by thefaceless, I think the only universities where a year abroad student could obtain an internal scholarship from university is if you apply to a private liberal arts one. I might be wrong, but only Rikkyo still has one you can apply for. Your grades would have to be fantastic though. Most unis in Japan don't want to fund western year abroad students, because there is no appeal to them. Its far easier and more suitable to offer the money to engineering or medical students from South-East Asia or China.

Well I'm going to take a punt and apply for Toudai and Rikkyo. I'm hoping that the number of Tokyo applicants this year is the same as last year. Nearly everyone applied for positions outside of Tokyo this year. Yokohama and Kyoto is always very popular. :cool:

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