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I do the numbers.
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Saskatoon
Posts: 5,260
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H'okay, so here's the skinny.
I am entering the fifth year of my undergraduate degree. At the end of this year I will be (hopefully) graduating with a Bachelors of Arts in Economics, with a Minor in Political Studies. My first year was the drink/party/shenanigans/bedroomshenanigans festival that had been advertised by the Hollywood portrayal of College life. And...that was actually a pretty good summation of my second year at University. Student Residence is wonderful for meeting people, not so wonderful for actually being studious. Resulting from this was me being forced to confront the precipitous fall of my academic standing and the realization that to succeed academically would require a genuine effort. The last two years have featured in no small part a cessation of the philandering and smoking which made me feel emotionally and physically crappy, and an aggressive and radical curbing of drinking and partying. Simultaneously, I've improved my academic standing substantially. In the last couple months I've come to realize that an undergrad doesn't feel like enough, I want to learn more. Through busting my ass off, I've put myself in a position where pursuing a Master's of Economics is a legitimate and viable option. Thankfully, most of these programs are just one year long, so it's not like I'd be tossing away another four years. Anyways, I've started compiling a list of schools I am planning on applying to, which takes me to the point of this whole thread. University of Saskatchewan (where I am now, Saskatoon Saskatchewan) University of Calgary (where I'm from, Calgary Alberta) Memorial University (St John's, Newfoundland) Western University (London, Ontario) Bishop's University (Sherbrooke, Quebec) University of Seattle (Seattle, Washington) University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland) University of Essex (Colchester, England) University of Cambridge (Cambridge England) So the bottom three are the big ones, and if I managed to defy the odds and somehow get accepted to Cambridge I would unflinchingly go there. But here's the rub I get when I consider uprooting and moving to the UK or to Seattle... How much of a pain in the ass is it to live abroad? How do you scout for an apartment from that far? Would moving to the UK be that much of a culture shock? Do you get a one year cell phone plan? Is it a pain in the ass to have to continually convert between currencies? What do you do with your car back home? Those of you who have moved between countries for any amount of time, please inform me; Was it a logistical nightmare? And would you do it again?
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