Located in the heart of Sydney.
First admission of women- 1881
Student Enrolments- Approximately 47,700
I hope to have more pictures of the university in the future. The campus is rather big and will take me some time to see everything.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Campus - University of Sydney
From the park to the University
The New Law Building
Park leading you to the University
The Quadrangle with tents for student orientation week
What I like to call 'Study Chairs'
More chairs
Madsen Building
The Quadrangle- MacLaurin Hall
The Quadrangle
The Quadrangle- Great Hall
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
On My Way There
Originally I had planned to write a pre-departure note on my blog, but of course the last week two weeks did not permit that. Those days were filled with planning, organizing, packing, many goodbyes and the usual of our daily life. Now that I have a moment waiting for my next flight, I can touch on all those pre-departure things I wanted to say.
I left Saturday morning for my flight from Calgary to Los Angeles. Everything went well and by the afternoon I made it to L.A. I had only a few hours to wait before the long stretch of flying to Auckland, New Zealand. That was only a 13 hour flight and I must say it is very do-able! I think I was lucky to have my flight depart L.A. early evening. Thus, I had dinner, watched a movie and before I knew it was almost midnight and I slept for nearly 6 hours. I was awoken with breakfast and thereafter only 2 hours until Auckland. So, I was able to follow my usual routine relatively well.
At the moment, Monday morning, I’m sitting in Auckland waiting for my flight to Sydney. A bit strange to comprehend but basically Sunday did not happen for me or exist. We just skipped over that one with the time change but that’s okay.
Just over a year ago I began planning my master’s. Of course it is not easy to find the right grad school instantly or even find the specific program that you want. What it comes down to is a lot of research that you have to do yourself. School after school, university after university, program after program, and detail after detail, you have to do a lot of research and it takes a lot of time. So you’re best off to start quite early, long before your intended start date of your master’s. Last year at this time I was busy preparing myself for the GMAT (an entrance exam). By this time I had chosen a very specific program I wanted to do. It is a European program called Master’s of Management or Master’s of International Management CEMS (Community of European Management Schools). The unique thing about this program is that there are 24 countries involved (not necessarily all in Europe) who each have their best business school integrated into the CEMS program; one school per country is integrated. All of these schools have the same program, the same courses, and the same structure which allows the student to study each semester in a different country.
In total, I applied to two CEMS schools for this specific program, and to one non-associated school which had a similar program. Each application package was a lot of work and took a lot of time but my application package to Australia was the most intense. I ended up sending the school a 24 page portfolio. At this point I would like to thank my previous professors, Mr. John Russell and Mr. Isidro Fierro, for providing me, or rather the schools, with all the reference letters that I requested time and time again. Thank you!
In early December of 2009 I was accepted into the Master’s of Management CEMS program at the University of Sydney. The program should take me a year and a half to complete if everything goes according to plan, but will also depend on the country where I will do my 2nd and 3rd semester. I imagine that this will be the most intense studying I will do and I expect it will be a challenging program.
Before I board the next flight to Sydney, I would like to quickly thank my mother and brother for putting up with my months of planning and organizing. It does get easier each time don’t you think? :)
And most dearly I would like to thank my father who was my number one support for going to a school in Australia. He always strongly supported my education and especially doing my master's.
Even after two surgeries, endless treatments, and a year of struggle, his biggest wish was to come to Australia. He didn’t get a chance to fulfill this wish but I hope I can partly fulfill it on his behalf. I'll keep you close Dad.
I left Saturday morning for my flight from Calgary to Los Angeles. Everything went well and by the afternoon I made it to L.A. I had only a few hours to wait before the long stretch of flying to Auckland, New Zealand. That was only a 13 hour flight and I must say it is very do-able! I think I was lucky to have my flight depart L.A. early evening. Thus, I had dinner, watched a movie and before I knew it was almost midnight and I slept for nearly 6 hours. I was awoken with breakfast and thereafter only 2 hours until Auckland. So, I was able to follow my usual routine relatively well.
At the moment, Monday morning, I’m sitting in Auckland waiting for my flight to Sydney. A bit strange to comprehend but basically Sunday did not happen for me or exist. We just skipped over that one with the time change but that’s okay.
Just over a year ago I began planning my master’s. Of course it is not easy to find the right grad school instantly or even find the specific program that you want. What it comes down to is a lot of research that you have to do yourself. School after school, university after university, program after program, and detail after detail, you have to do a lot of research and it takes a lot of time. So you’re best off to start quite early, long before your intended start date of your master’s. Last year at this time I was busy preparing myself for the GMAT (an entrance exam). By this time I had chosen a very specific program I wanted to do. It is a European program called Master’s of Management or Master’s of International Management CEMS (Community of European Management Schools). The unique thing about this program is that there are 24 countries involved (not necessarily all in Europe) who each have their best business school integrated into the CEMS program; one school per country is integrated. All of these schools have the same program, the same courses, and the same structure which allows the student to study each semester in a different country.
In total, I applied to two CEMS schools for this specific program, and to one non-associated school which had a similar program. Each application package was a lot of work and took a lot of time but my application package to Australia was the most intense. I ended up sending the school a 24 page portfolio. At this point I would like to thank my previous professors, Mr. John Russell and Mr. Isidro Fierro, for providing me, or rather the schools, with all the reference letters that I requested time and time again. Thank you!
In early December of 2009 I was accepted into the Master’s of Management CEMS program at the University of Sydney. The program should take me a year and a half to complete if everything goes according to plan, but will also depend on the country where I will do my 2nd and 3rd semester. I imagine that this will be the most intense studying I will do and I expect it will be a challenging program.
Before I board the next flight to Sydney, I would like to quickly thank my mother and brother for putting up with my months of planning and organizing. It does get easier each time don’t you think? :)
And most dearly I would like to thank my father who was my number one support for going to a school in Australia. He always strongly supported my education and especially doing my master's.
Even after two surgeries, endless treatments, and a year of struggle, his biggest wish was to come to Australia. He didn’t get a chance to fulfill this wish but I hope I can partly fulfill it on his behalf. I'll keep you close Dad.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
+-+Copy.JPG)
