Hello to you my dears,
I'm writing this post to get more help in making my dream of studying abroad come true. I will provide some facts about the Lithuanian universities as well later if someone is willing to study here :) 🎓📚
Firstly, I'd like to make sure you understand, before you dig deeper, that I am an EU citizen (Lithuanian to be exact) searching for a university in EUROPE, I'm a senior in high school right now, my average grade always was and right now is 8-9-10 ( In Lithuania we don't have letters, we have a GRADE system from 1-10). I feel like it's the best time to start looking for my rational possibilities.
Secondly, since my university tuition cannot exceed more than 1.5k /year, I strongly believe we can exclude countries such as, say, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Iceland.
I also wanted to mention that the main MY idea of studying abroad is because :
- will improve my English
- Has wider possibilities compared to Lithuania, since it's very small.
- Makes you free! The idea of studying far away from home makes me feel happy and enthusiastic. I bet I have a bigger chance of getting a scholarship in one of the best public universities in Lithuania for applied sciences or technology than in, for example, the Netherlands, but it's Lithuania... I've been living here for 18 years of my life and I realized I wanna run away.
Down to my last research, I have managed to understand:
Nationalist countries in the EU such as Germany or France, etc. are very tied to study programs mostly in their language, so for this reason, we can exclude them as well (France and Germany).
Therefore, I understand that EU universities are mostly government-funded, and because of that, there are tons of possible positions for low (<2k/year) or even free tuition fees. But by digging deeper I found out the twist that by offering low prices, they won't be funding your living expenses so you are forced to rent something or try applying for a student dormitory. I have a few friends who are studying in foreign countries who recommended I check Denmark and Belgium since they offer a bunch of free studies (I read the news not so long ago that Belgium will start providing more free study programs in the upcoming years which is very fine for me :) ). I did check it, and according to one site, that helps you join these universities in the EU, Denmark offers 0 euro tuition fees and Belgium offers it for ~1k/year. So these two countries I think have the best potential for me.
They say the Netherlands has almost the best, high-quality offering Universities in comparison to the tuition fees, but as I looked at some sites, the prices were more than 2.5k/year. :( I would go to the Netherlands for sure If I could find the right conditions.
In addition, I am completely lost in these rules where most universities give you a deadline of applying until the end of winter or April 1st, etc. What's up with it? It is strange for me because we Lithuanians are used to this system: we finish 12 classes by taking our high school graduating exams from the middle of May until the end of June (compared to what exams you take) AND then you wait until like JULY 20th when you get your final evaluations on how you performed and just then you count the final grade of your admission score and see where you can and want to apply. I have seen that if your final graduating exams are not taken yet, you send your grades from the last 3-4 years.
Few researches on what requirements they raise have shown that the only thing EU universities need is for you to take an English exam ( Dolingo; IELTS; TOEFL); give them your grades or exam results; write a motivational letter if they ask you and go for an interview either online or face-to-face.
Another thing that makes me stressed is that I don't know if it is better to do everything alone/independently (this includes friends; family etc.) OR to hire an agent or a consultant. MY school doesn't have a specific person that helps you/ guides you to where can you study and what to study.
Lithuanian Universities are very fine, they offer mostly Lithuanian language studies but you still have the same programs just in English if you want to even though you are a Lithuanian. There are a lot of private universities with 3.5k/year tuition fees, but most of my friends go to public UNIs where they get a government-funded place, WHICH IS NOT A RARE THING AT ALL, I bet more than 80% of native Lithuanians have all their studies for free. The universities offer tons of expeditions around the country no matter what your profession/subject is, they invite big names to lecture us, and so on. Of course, every year there are, say, pretty great competitions between who gets the scholarships, but I'd say it's half easier to get in as compared to Harvard or whatever popular "TOP 100" universities - you pick. But since medicine is on rocket speed here, It is the program hardest to get in, because it requires a lot of knowledge and so on, you name it. Applying for medicine was always complicated in my opinion. I don't want to expand myself on this since this post is not about it, so ask if you need anything about education in my country.
IF YOU HAVE STUDIED SOMETHING/SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE PLEASE SHARE ANYTHING THAT YOU ATTRIBUTE TO BE USEFUL, I PROMISE MY FULL ATTENTION AND HONEST ANSWERS!! ❤️❤️❤️
P.S. I know this whole post doesn't make sense because I didn't mention anything that I want to study, but I'm not sure still. It's not medicine or anything related to chemistry or biology. But what I can say is I'm into math, physics, and geography as subjects, but as a study program it tilts to Finance; Engineering of some sort; maybe something in Business if the university makes you practically touch business, develops critical sense and doesn't fill you full with theory.
Thanks for your time!!!❤️❤️❤️
**And last, I wanted to wish every single one of you a peaceful and heartwarming time during the upcoming Christmas Eve!!**❤️❤️❤️
Submitted December 15, 2023 at 11:53AM by BiscottiPossible350 https://ift.tt/zDUsp6Z
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