Anya has been waiting and waiting to hear from her first choice university, the London School of Economics (LSE). Yesterday, she heard; she has a conditional acceptance!!! She was jumping for joy around the apartment yesterday, almost in tears of joy!
The way things work in the EU with the International Baccalaureate program is that she will have to earn a certain number of points on her final exams in May. These scores must include two 6s and a 7 (the highest score) in math. She thinks that is possible. If not, she realized that the second tier options are very fine programs too. Right now, her second choice would be either Kings College in London or University of St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland, both of which require a 6 in math. St. Andrews is actually considered the 3rd strongest math program after Oxford and Cambridge, but not as many people want to go to a small city in Scotland. One of my favorite theologians is at St. Andrews, so I would like to go there, and I’m not a golfer (St. Andrews is claimed to be the original home of golf)! I also am not one who loves cities like Anya.
Today, Anya was reading more about LSE and their clubs: backgammon, badminton, fashion, Nordic (self-described as having the best parties with lots of alcohol), and the American club, which did not have a description. Hmm, perhaps too much to say, or not enough room to counteract all the stereotypes.
Also today, Anya found out that she has been accepted to the University of Washington in Seattle. However, because we are not residing in Washington state this year, she read that she would not qualify for in-state tuition for 1 year. I wonder, as I still own our home and am paying property tax. However, UW is Anya’s 6th choice currently, so I might not even try to figure this one out.
People around here are bemoaning the late spring. While the daylight is getting longer, it has been snowing a bit for most of the past 4 or 5 days.
However, there are some signs of spring.
The construction continues at JTH. We have to be creative where we park our bikes. On Friday, I parked my bike in this area in the morning, but then the construction fence blocked the exit when I was headed out to my Swedish tutoring time, as seen here. I had to roll my bike through part of the building to get out another door.
One of the signs you are in Sweden is cheese, lots of cheese. Cheese and ryecrisp cracker-like bread (knäckebröd) is available at the morning fika for the staff. They like mild cheese and strong coffee. I rarely indulge in the snack, as it isn’t so enticing for me, and I don’t need the extra calories. I’ll save them for chocolate!
Off to practice more Swedish.
With blessings,
Beth
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