urania: (anders og tom)
urania ([personal profile] urania) wrote2011-02-15 05:32 pm
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Decisions, decisions.

You guys, I need your advice!

My "problem" is this:

I applied for an Erasmus place in Norway. Twice. One application was with my own institute for Bergen, and the other one was with another institute in Tromsø.
I always said I'd rather go to Tromsø (though I'm not sure why). Today is the deadline and the institutes should tell you whether you get an Erasmus place or not, and now I got a yes for Bergen. Which is cool in and on itself, but it says I should write them whether I would accept immediately. And I haven't heard anything from Tromsø, and now I'm so unsure.
What should I do? Just say yes? Do I really want to go to Tromsø rather than Bergen? I guess Bergen is bigger and not as far away. *sighs*

Heeeelp! D:

If my English is wonky I apologize! I have spent the last days writing/reading almost exclusively in Norwegian... it shows. xD

[identity profile] sighnomore.livejournal.com 2011-02-15 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Kontaktier das andere Institut so schnell wie möglich und schilder deine Situation. Dann sagen sie dir hoffentlich schon ob du da angenommen wurdest oder nicht und dann kannst du denen von Bergen auch bescheid sagen.

[identity profile] robtengel.livejournal.com 2011-02-15 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Ich kann mich nur meiner Vorrednerin anschließen, versuch rauszufinden, was da in Tromso los ist. Und wenn beide zusagen würde ich alles nochmal durchgehen. Studienbedingungen, Kosten, Weg zur Uni etc. und nach den Punkten entscheiden, die dir wirklich wichtig sind.
Ich kenn ja bisher nur Bergen. Ist ne tolle, schöne Stadt und ich glaub sehr studentisch. Aber wenn dir Tromso lieber ist dann folg deinem Gefühl.

[identity profile] angrylogic.livejournal.com 2011-02-15 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
If it was me, I'd say yes to Bergen initially and then if you hear back from Tromsø, say yes to that too and then cancel Bergen. A lot of people do that with job offers - when my mother went for a job last year, she said yes at the first interview even though the second job was the one she really wanted - it turned out that she was offered the second job too, but because she had said yes to the first one it guaranteed that she had at least one. I can't see how there would be anything stopping you from doing the same thing, provided that you get a positive reply from Tromsø ;) Just because you accept a place initially in Bergen doesn't mean you definitely have to go.