This blog post is mainly written to shed some light on how my process of applying to the Master of Philosophy in Economics at the University of Oxford looked like. My hope is that this post will make the process of applying to prestigious universities abroad seem a bit less daunting and perhaps even encourage …
After just one week in the UK, I have discovered some, for me as a Swede, quite surprising things. Busses are not going to stop unless you wave at them. I learnt this lesson the hard way many years ago when I visited my aunt in Cambridge. So luckily for me, I have not yet …
Dear reader, this is for those of you who are interested in reading about why and how I got accepted to the exchange programme at UC Berkeley. It’ll be a long, but quite an instructive post for prospective applicants who want to familiarize themselves with the 6-month long applications process. The idea of going to …