2/5 Madis L. 6 years ago on Google
After
having
a
phone
call
with
the
student
counsellor
of
my
prospective
department,
I
must
confide
that
I
am
genuinely
baffled
and
still
heavily
shell-shocked
from
the
experience.
It
started
out
fine,
besides
the
fact
she
did
not
remember
me
despite
our
email
correspondence
and
that
I
called
exactly
when
appointed.
I
spoke
Swedish
to
express
respect,
even
though
I
haven't
spoken
it
for
over
6
months
and
was
quite
rusty.
(The
program
in
question
is
deducted
in
Swedish
with
the
majority
of
textbooks
in
English)
She
quickly
understood
that
I
have
trouble
understanding
and
the
conversation
impeded.
Instead
of
being
understandable
or
offering
a
switch
to
English,
she
remained
silent.
Only
answering
to
my
questions
in
couple
of
words
and
almost
always
deflecting
my
questions
with
reference
to
confidentiality.
Questions
like
the
median
age
of
students
in
the
program,
common
reasons
to
quit
and
the
amount
of
foreigners
remain
as
a
mystery
to
me,
since
these
pieces
of
information
cannot
be
confided
to
prospective
students.
I
have
carefully
scrutinised
antagning
statistics
for
the
same
questions
and
found
them
to
be
very
vague.
I
hoped
for
a
better
overall
understanding
of
the
program
from
the
counsellor.
Instead
I
received
resentment
through
paracommunication
and
a
feeling
that
you
are
not
welcome
here.
My
apologies
for
not
possessing
the
verbal
prowess
to
rock
your
socks
off,
but
I
have
passed
my
Swedish
language
examinations
with
flying
colours
and
can
understand
and
write
Swedish
according
to
the
test
results
which
KI
has
accepted
without
flinching.
As
a
foreign
student,
the
study
counsellor
is
the
safety
net
when
things
go
wrong
and
after
this
experience
I
am
not
surprised
why
last
year
all
3
Finnish
students
quit
the
program(
two
of
them
before
the
first
semester
even
ended).
The
most
surprising
was
how
well
she
made
me
feel
ashamed
of
my
Swedish
and
giving
me
the
feeling
of
how
dare
I
to
even
apply
here.
All
of
this
without
saying
it
out
loud.
I
guess
practice
makes
perfect.
I
truly
hope
other
departments
have
positive,
supporting
and
compassionate
study
counsellors
and
I
am
extremely
grateful
for
the
phone
call,
because
I
can
now
imagine
what
kind
of
treatment
I
would
receive
during
the
program.
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