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I can tell you that admissions to Scandinavian universities aren't even near the level of difficulty compared to their US counterparts. I would assume that if you have OK grades, you're pretty much guaranteed a spot. For e.g. Ph.D. positions there are no admissions committees or anything like that, you just find someone who wants to be your adviser (by for example e-mailing and asking, but this is the only tricky part) and the professor pretty much just submits a request to the department secretary to register you as a student. I haven't really looked at the Master's programs, because they are relatively new (i.e. don't know if there is any tuition to pay), but as people in Scandinavia automatically apply to a Master's right out of high school (you get the Bachelor's on the way), they are seen as undergraduate degrees by the government. What this means is that you can probably apply for government funding. At least in Finland any university student whether foreign or not, gets paid about 500 euros a month for the privilege of studying. I would assume Sweden has a pretty similar practice as they are the real social democratic haven and usually have "better" government benefits. What you'll also see is that most student don't work nearly as hard as in the best schools in the US. This has to do with the fact that a small population means you'll see a much greater gap between the quality of the students. In the US, the best students go to the best schools, but here they still go to the same schools as pretty much everyone else, because the strong students just don't fill even nearly all the slots. This means that courses are often easier, so as a motivated student, it's usually a good idea to ask the professors for extra readings beyond the requirements. Most are eager to help and this is also the best way to start a Ph.D. Hope this helps.

Well that's one way to put it assuming you care to inform the airline that you won't be flying.

I meant buying a return ticket instead of a one-way as the return ticket costs usually about a half of just the one-way ticket. So I would buy a London - Philly - London ticket and only fly London to Philly and just not show up on the return flight. Doing this you save

Hmm... that's interesting. My spouse is currently studying at LSE and I will be doing a bunch of flights between London and Finland where I'm from, so I could probably use those flights to transfer all my stuff into her apartment in London. Never even came to think about the option. I still need to get the stuff from London to wherever the cruise ship leaves, but it would probably fit in a taxi. Thanks for the tip! EDIT: Noticed that it costs around

University of Pennsylvania has given me a base stipend of $21,630 for 9 months and I can also get $3,605 for two summer months if I stay on campus. AFAIK it's also possible to register as a tutor at the math department, so I can tutor undergrads for a few hours a week and get paid about $50/hr. I was wondering what it costs to live close to the campus (meaning a few minutes walk)? Is that enough to live comfortably in Philadelphia? I'm an international and I'm also wondering how much I'll actually get after taxes and such? I was also thinking about buying a car, so what do you pay for an OK car that's maybe 3 years old and gets you from point A to B without breaking, meaning a car that has been used a little, so that the premium of a new car is gone? Also, how much do I pay for car insurance? Thanks.

As an international, I am really worried about the move. Hopefully, I am able to get graduate housing by Penn... My biggest problem is getting all my books with me which weigh around 200lbs total. I have no idea what an international freight would cost me, but it's probably a lot less than the price of the books. Clothes are so much cheaper in the US, so I'm planning just to buy everything and only take some jackets and two tailor made suits with me.