Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Letter of advice: Mind the gap!

Helle again to everyone!

Since this is my first year in college and I'm getting more and more experienced with the study and the English language, I would like to write down some advice for next year students studying IB&M.

IB&M, or International Business and Management, can be an interesting study. You will meet a lot of new people and a lot of international students as well. I think, when you decide to study IB&M, you are quite interested in other cultures. Therefore, I think it's really interesting to meet these international students.

However, it is not one of the easiest studies. There are a lot of teamwork assignments, and in the first weeks, you might need to get used to this. Furthermore, the language of the study is English. When you're from high school or from another non-English study, you might have to get used to this as well. Lastly, in order to pass the courses, you have to overcome the possible problems in your learning style you might meet when you're from high school. When I came from high school, I was kind of lazy. I always started studying as late as possible. In the beginning of this year of college, I tried to apply this strategy as well. However, I noticed that this didn't work out very well.

My advice for all of you, considering doing this study, would be: work hard on everything!
This might sound a little bit like a cliche, but it's true. Like I mentioned, the manner of completing assignments is different, as well as the language, the people, the exams and the needed learning style. As a matter of fact, everything is different. If you are willing to work hard, you will overcome these difficulties and the study will become more and more interesting and appealing.

To put this in other words, you could say that there is a gap to overcome between high school (or a non-English study) and the study International Business and Management. As a prospective student, you should be aware of this. Once you are aware of it and once you're used to all the new things, you will like this study!



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