„Beginning of the year“ – Take Number 3

Since the marks from the third year account for 75 percent of the final mark of the undergraduate level, it is really important to devote even more time to studying. My mandatory modules for this year are: International Finance, Economics of Financial Markets, Financial Regulations and Econometrics; from the voluntary modules I chose Investment Management and Dissertation. Currently, I am spending most of my time on working on the dissertation, next week I have to hand in a Dissertation Proposal, i.e. a proposal of a topic I chose by myself and a description of how I am planning on processing this topic.

Apart from the diligent studying, I am also occupied with a paid part-time job. I work as a waitress in one local café. Whenever I am not studying or working, I go running, swimming or to play tennis. The university offers discounts for its students for lot of sport activities. These activities are often organized by students for students, which is for example the case of the tennis classes I go to. People interested in sports can then choose between the competitive or just recreational level, on which they want to do a certain sport. I prefer just the recreational level.

As the third-year students, my classmates and I are currently most concerned with, what will be after we graduate. Some of us will certainly continue with the studies and some others will get a job straight away, which I would say is quite a common thing to do here on the big rainy island. It is usually enough for the employers here when an applicant has graduated just form undergraduate level. Personally, I would like to continue with the studies after getting my undergraduate diploma, and so, get the masters diploma too. I am just not sure yet, in which country it should be, I am also still considering the opportunity to start working and finish the studies as a part-time student or after few years.