Thanks for the advice! I'm really excited. I'll probably be e-mailing you with panicky questions as July approaches. I'm curious what the class was like-- I heard that it's about five students and the fellow. Is it pretty much the same as a literature class here? I'm bringing all my books with me, but at orientation I heard someone say that she didn't think she would need to bring the books on the trip with her because she would read them ahead of time. That made no sense to me. I know they have to be read by the time I leave, but wouldn't we need them to reference during class (and for a paper I'm sure we'll be writing)? Also, how much money would you suggest having on hand? Dr. Smith suggested bringing an ATM card and not bringing any cash at all, but that wasn't exactly what I was asking. I meant how much should we expect to spend. Do you remember? Well, anyway, I hope all is well with you... you left your job at the bank, right? I think I rememeber reading that at some point. I hope you got out of that place-- it sounded worse than my situation at Sovereign. Talk to you soon :)
Yes, bring all of your books. You will need them in class and in order to write your papers. My instructor (Emma Plaskitt is fantastic if she's your instructor) had us write 2 papers, each was about 5-6 pages. We also had the option to write one 10-12 page paper at the end if we wanted to go that route. And also yes to the classes being very similar. It's heavily discussion based.
I would use the ATMs to get money, because that way you don't have to pay a fee somewhere to actually exchange US dollars for British pounds. Because of the exchange rate, you'll spend a lot of money quickly. Thinks there cost about the same as they do here(except for every pound, you're spending $2). The only thing that can sometimes be cheaper are pints of beer. I'd honestly bring as much as you can spare. I set aside $1000 for the trip, was very thrifty and didn't travel much outside the planned trips, but ran out of money the last week there. I would bring atleast $1500 if you can so that you can see everything you want to.
I did leave my job at the bank. I now work in Plymouth at a place called Pre-Press and we publish text books. I really like what I do, so it's a total change from working at the bank and hating it. What are your summer plans, other than Oxford?
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I would use the ATMs to get money, because that way you don't have to pay a fee somewhere to actually exchange US dollars for British pounds. Because of the exchange rate, you'll spend a lot of money quickly. Thinks there cost about the same as they do here(except for every pound, you're spending $2). The only thing that can sometimes be cheaper are pints of beer. I'd honestly bring as much as you can spare. I set aside $1000 for the trip, was very thrifty and didn't travel much outside the planned trips, but ran out of money the last week there. I would bring atleast $1500 if you can so that you can see everything you want to.
I did leave my job at the bank. I now work in Plymouth at a place called Pre-Press and we publish text books. I really like what I do, so it's a total change from working at the bank and hating it. What are your summer plans, other than Oxford?
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