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Calling all people learning in Sweden (or Germany)!

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MournSanity

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Hello there. This fall I will be a high school senior, and of course I will be looking at colleges. I want to major in Film, specifically in Directing, and am very interested (you could say determined) to go to Sweden to learn. I need some information from the people who are there right now (I'm sure some of you are out there).

How is the application process like for an international student to apply to go to a Swedish school? Is there anything you have to do specifically to get accepted as a student? Any prerequisites? Anything else I should know?

I've been reading up a lot about the Swedish education system and am emailing some schools. But I would like to know about how the experience is like first hand from people who have done this and are now learning in Sweden. If you know anything that might be helpful to me, please let me know.

Also, I am also interested, as a second option, in learning in Germany. So if international students learning in Germany have some words of advice, I would like to hear from them as well. Thanks in advance.
 
Question is though are the classes taught in Swedish or English?

You might be better off doing a sememster abroad program taught in English. The Stockholm Program is small but is supposed to be pretty good for humanities, the DIS program in Denmark had some film courses.
 
Originally posted by: kami333
Question is though are the classes taught in Swedish or English?

You might be better off doing a sememster abroad program taught in English. The Stockholm Program is small but is supposed to be pretty good for humanities, the DIS program in Denmark had some film courses.
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Most of the major universities in Sweden are taught in English. English (British) is taught from 5th grade and up in Sweden. But it wouldn't hurt to learn Swedish though.. especially if you find a hot blonde long legged Swedish chick to teach you 🙂
 
at least learn simple stuff. like asking for a beer, and where the pisser is.

it seems to be internationally accepted that *trying* to speak the local language shows you at least try to embrace the culture. or something. helps in small towns too.
 
Originally posted by: kt
Originally posted by: kami333
Question is though are the classes taught in Swedish or English?

You might be better off doing a sememster abroad program taught in English. The Stockholm Program is small but is supposed to be pretty good for humanities, the DIS program in Denmark had some film courses.
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Most of the major universities in Sweden are taught in English. English (British) is taught from 5th grade and up in Sweden. But it wouldn't hurt to learn Swedish though.. especially if you find a hot blonde long legged Swedish chick to teach you 🙂
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Wow, really? I should have studied in Sweden instead of Denmark then. My classes were taught in English but since the profs weren't used to it it was hard to understand them at times.
 
Originally posted by: hypersonic5
Hello there. This fall I will be a high school senior, and of course I will be looking at colleges. I want to major in Film, specifically in Directing, and am very interested (you could say determined) to go to Sweden to learn. I need some information from the people who are there right now (I'm sure some of you are out there).

How is the application process like for an international student to apply to go to a Swedish school? Is there anything you have to do specifically to get accepted as a student? Any prerequisites? Anything else I should know?

I've been reading up a lot about the Swedish education system and am emailing some schools. But I would like to know about how the experience is like first hand from people who have done this and are now learning in Sweden. If you know anything that might be helpful to me, please let me know.

Also, I am also interested, as a second option, in learning in Germany. So if international students learning in Germany have some words of advice, I would like to hear from them as well. Thanks in advance.
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Well, never done it but I´m from Sweden.
What I think you should do is to get in contact with the school you´d like to attend to that teach directing films and they should be able to give you all the information you need.
And the way it works here is, if you are to attend to a "Högskola" (directly translated to swedish "Highschool") which is the same as your college (that is if college is between highschool and university?).
Anyway, the grades/points you get during highschool (gymnasiet) is the ones you use to apply for college (högskola). So I guess you need to have all of your highschool grades translated into swedish grades.
And to be able to apply to a special program at the "högskola", for example law or film, you first need to have completed your highschool(gymnasiet) studies. I don´t know how they´ll overlook the fact that you havn´t attended to a swedish gymnasie, guess the if some sort of way and the school your intrested in should be able to help you out.

There could be a possibility to go here studying through a "exchange student organization", that would make it much more easier. Don´t know if the arrange for exchange students who wants to study at college level.

Maybe it wasn´t much help but the best you could to is to contact the school you´d like to attend to.

Edit:
En stor stark, tack! (sort of: Gimmie a beer, please!)
Vet du vart fan man kan pissa? (Sor of: Do you know where the hell a I can take a piss)
Ska du följa med upp på lite..... vad heter det..... (any chick will fall for that 😉
 
Why go to Sweden to learn about directing films? last I heard the US was the spot to be as far as films go espically in Hollywood and you're already in CA, seems like a strange idea to travel to the other side of the world to learn whats being taught in your back yard.
 
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