Chinese/ Japanese/ Korean Studies Applicants 2020

Hello, my name is Jack and I have 2 conditionals. One for uclan and another for St.Johns. Though uclan is my primary choice without a doubt, since I adore being in Preston. I've visited friends who live there so I know the place off the back of my hand now, which is great. Is there many other people who are doing Japanese - East asian studies? I read through the entire thread but I thought I may as well say something to see if I can talk to some people before the year starts

Yeah Preston is a nice place and they’re doing building improvements right now! There are about 150 people doing Asia Pacific studies, but I would say 70% do Korean, 29% Japanese and 1% Chinese

Not gonna lie that is a lot less people doing Chinese than I would have thought. I had a look at the online map that they sent out in an email showing off the things that they are adding to the campus. It'll be nice. It is really surprising to see Korean be so high up in the chain though! I was thinking of taking Korean as an optional to be honest.

What would you personally recommend doing? Credits or certificate?

I do both as you have to fill your credits up (doesn’t have to be a language) and doing the certificate is optional and separate from your degree

Hi, can I ask how long it took for you to receive your offer from SOAS after your application changed to the ‘with the academic review team’ status? xx

Hey, fellow applicants for Chinese/Japanese/Korean! I hope everyone is happy with all the offers they have received! This is the period where we either get to consolidate where we want to go for the next four years (three because of the year abroad) or if you're like me, I seem to have embodied the spirit of a headless chicken, going back and forth more times than a yo-yo.

So I've got offers from Sheffield, Manchester, SOAS and Durham (Got a rejection from Oxford because I'm not doing A Levels but that's a whole different ballpark that I buried in the past) and I find myself going all over the place in terms of where I think might be best for me, as for a while I was thinking Sheffield but I don't know now as I feel like I may have a slight bias seeing as Sheffield is Yorkshire based like I am and it's a city that, compared to where the other unis are, I have had time to visit and experience more in general. At this point, I'm not sure what to do and I guess my concerns are whether I'll feel this discombobulated after the post-offer open days that all the universities offer to prospective students.

I suppose the question is, with all of them I can see the individual pros and cons so I just want to know going into the open days what I should maybe focus on looking into whilst I am there and have the opportunity to explore and ask questions. Any advice would be helpful and if anyone has any uni specific advice that'd be an extra bonus which I would really appreciate.

Thank you!

Hello, I've applied for Tesol with Chinese at Manchester metropolitan, York St John's and uclan. I have also applied to just Chinese at Sheffield.
Anyone else??

Hi, I've applied for Japanese studies at Durham and Sheffield, and modern languages and translation at Cardiff, I've received conditional offers for all 3, plus a contextual offer for Durham if I make them my firm choice, which I'm really happy about getting offers for all my choices, but now I'm clueless about where I want to go.

It all honestly depends on what you are specifically looking for. My reasons for picking Uclan over any other university was the things that it offered compared to other places. Not just specifically one thing, but several. The courses offerings, what we were learning, the extra optional classes, reviews from students, and how well they did last year with students. You then need to think about whether you like what the area has to offer, what the accommodation would be like etc. I already had friends who live in Preston as it is, and I wanted to live here anyway. I just needed a reason and a date. Which I now have.

I have just got an offer from Sheffield for Korean studies - my first choice!