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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • For the foreseeable future, yes. However, I would like to start at a university in a year’s time. I still need to figure out what I want to study.

    University application system of Denmark

    In Denmark, all studies have a certain amount of available spots. This varies from university to university and between different studies. There are obviously way more spots for studying medicine than Russian.

    You can apply for university in two groups (da: kvoter); group 1 and group 2. When applying for group 2, you also apply for group 1. When applying for group 1, the only thing that matters is your average grade from your secondary education (usually Gymnasium). The university starts with the person with the highest average grade, and then go down the list until all spots are filled.

    When applying for group 2 there are various additional factors, that can get you a spot, if your average grade is not good enough to be picked in group 1. Different studies can have completely different requirements for group 1. Let’s say you want to study music. Then an additional factor could be that you’ve started your own band, wrote your own song or something. I don’t know if that’s actually a benefitting factor anywhere though.

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    Since my I have a high average (10.5), I can get a spot in nearly any education I want in Denmark, as long as I have the correct subject qualifications (I can’t do medicine, because I only have chemistry C, while they require chemistry B). However, my subject qualifications still mean that I can get into a lot of different studies. This makes it hard for me to choose what I want to do, since my interests are also diverse. Some fields I like: Urban Planning, Linguistics, Geography, Diplomacy, History, Programming (I want to learn python).

    So right now, I am just threading water, enjoying life and making money until I know what I want to do. But I like learning and I liked being in school, so I will definetly educate myself further.




  • Sometimes I get a bit carried away and it gets late. There is always more to map, so the work is never done. That’s why I need to make projects and finish them one by one to feel like I’m making progress. It’s very rewarding to resolve notes that other people have left, because that means that I helped someone, and that makes me happy :)






  • Just watched this movie. It’s stunning how much love and care was put into the practical effects and especially set design. There are white actors playing chinese princes, which is quite jarring (apparently their access to Chinese actors was very limited because the film was made in Spain and China was under Mao at the time). Still, it is definetly entertaining and worth a watch!