Hello guys! Welcome to another video.
This video is questions and answers because actually during the year,
a few offer holders reached out to me on social media
and asked me questions about LSE
and I thought that maybe it might be interesting for you to hear my answers
especially since I am slowly wrapping up my time here at LSE,
so I can really share my LSE experience.
And one of the biggest concerns seemed to be
how to manage a workload at LSE?
And I'm not going to lie, it was hard.
I guess that it was a lot because studying at LSE was my first encounter
with the UK educational system so I really didn't expect that
there would be so much work on a weekly basis,
and there was also another challenge for me
because this was my first time studying in English
and before coming to LSE, I barely read anything in English.
So, yes, I'm not gonna lie at the beginning,
I really had a feeling that I cannot waste even any second during my day
and I really have to only study and read all those articles
but, eventually, it got better.
After some time, everything became so much more natural for me
and I finally could enjoy also other things that the student life can offer.
To be honest I don't even know how it happened
but I guess that I only needed to allow myself to get this time,
to get the time to adjust myself to the new lifestyle that I suddenly had here,
to new city,
new people,
to new everything,
you know?
So you just really need to be kind to yourself
because after some time, I got better in reading,
I got better in note-taking,
I got better at organising my time.
Suddenly I figured out which part of the day I am the most productive,
whether I prefer to work on my own back in my room
or with my friends at the campus.
So prepare yourself that at the beginning it can be quite a challenge for you,
but that it will get better.
And I don't have really any specific tip for you
because I really feel that like everyone is different
and for everyone, something different will work the best.
But if you are really eager to know at least one specific tip,
I've already filmed a video
about how to balance student and personal life while at LSE
so make sure to check it out!
That actually brings me to another question or concern that the offer holders had
and that was how to network at LSE.
I must say that for me personally, meeting new people here at LSE,
was so easy -
that even I was surprised.
And I guess that one of the reasons for that is most of the people who actually
come here to study at LSE is because of the LSE community,
which is really international and therefore,
you can meet so many really inspirational people from all around the world.
And I really had that feeling that everyone that I met
had really like the purest intention to get to know you personally,
to really get to know you as a person,
and to really create those long-lasting relationships.
Additionally, LSE makes meeting new people really easy
especially during the first few weeks
because there's so many events
where you can actually introduce yourself to one another
and another great way how to meet amazing people at LSE is to join LSESU societies
because there is just something really special about meeting people
that have the same interests as you have.
And a tip that I could give you is to join the society of your home country
because I must say that it's so nice to be able to share your struggles
with another LSE fellow but actually in your mother language.
When it comes to formal networking,
LSE Careers can be really helpful
because they're organizing so many different events throughout the whole year
with so many different companies, institutes, from different fields
so you can really figure out what field do you like the best,
and then also meet the people from all those companies, fields, institutes,
so make sure that you will follow the LSE Careers and their events.
Those are my answers and also a bit of reflection on my experience with LSE
and I hope that maybe I could bring you at least a bit of peace
if you're preparing to come to LSE.
But I know that all those notions like 'everything will be okay with time blah blah blah',
they can be pretty annoying at times
but trust me, it is really true.
I can genuinely say that I am a better person now than I was one year ago
and that I've really learned more than I could ever imagine
and that is to say in both ways,
not only academically but also when it comes to my personal growth.
This is also my last video for the LSE Youtube Channel,
so I just wanted to say big, big thank you to all of you
who've been following my whole LSE journey throughout this year,
and I hope that I could bring you a bit more clarity maybe,
into your own unique LSE journey and
take care!
And I hope that everything will be exactly the way you wish for it.
Bye!