Admissions - French Studnets I am interested in hearing about the admissions process to Sciences Po if you are a french student, French, from a competitive Lycee, sitting for the Bac this year. Is there a personal interview, a written personal statement and should we just assume you really need to take a year of the prep classes to get in? Is there a stronger prep. school than others if your primary goal is Science Po?
Thank you.
Semantics Lenga d'Òc = occitan / Langue d'Òïl = francés...
Be clear and use good words, the word of the period you speak about.
The "lenga d'Òc" was spoken, as well as the "lenga d'Òïl" was ; they have not spoken on the same area on the concerned period.
Occitan is spoken now with the french language in Occitània.
The differencies means the french colonialism... or expansionism.
regards,
Robyn, soo enjoyed your very informed account of your visit to Bordeaux, I'm irish and my husband and I visit France often and have been in Bordeaux too. You are quite right about many of the vineyards (vignoble) having irish names. These were irish noblemen who fled Ireland from british oppression through the 19th century(they were called "the Wild Geese"). France gave them refuge and rewarded them for services to the french military with land, which many of them developed as vignobles. Most notably is the Hennessey cognac brand, renowned throughout the world. Theres another town you should visit (Cognac-north of Bordeaux), and take in all those great cognac houses: Remy Martin, Courvoisier, Martell and of course Hennessey. The Hennessey house is still connected to that famous irish family, they originated from Cork, the current CDG carries the Hennessey name and probably a great, great (maybe another great?)grandson of the original wild goose.
thanks for the info! Greetings ladies,
I will be following in your footsteps in April. I am thrilled to have such a detailed description of Istanbul sights. It gives me a better understanding of where I will be with my teenaged daughters form someone who was there so recently.
Blessings on your journey
wonderful wine tasting journey thanks for the absolutely educational and entertaining travelblog.
i'm going to france in late May too, now i'm seriously considering Bordeaux in my long list of wanna-visits!
Francais aussi? Hey! Je ne savais pas que tu parlais français aussi bien qu'italien...t'es vraiment un homme de nombreux competences! J'attends aussi notre séjour avec trop d'impatience...peut-être que tu auras reçu ta carte avant que tu ne partiras, mais je n'ai plus de confiance en ces fonctionnaires...mais bonne chance, en tout cas! As-tu un blog sur ce site?
Hearty Applause! Félicitations! Il t'a fallu plus de quatre mois pour prendre ta carte de séjour?? Oh, mamma mia! Nous le devons faire aussi en Italie; je l'ai domandé il y a deux semaines (il me faut suivre presque dix mesures administratives), mais je ne l'ai pas encore reçu. Peut-être je l'aurai avant que je parte d'ici. Allors, j'aimais ta petite histoire, et je ne peux pas attendre notre rendezvous en Turquie!!
wow, so lovely and congrats of the tour de france Lovely to read your journal.I am excited to read all you are going to write and i'll follow it day by day. Congrats and best of luck
Haai Robyn!
Wauw, your story about the cart the sejour is really unbelievable! I hope you will get it before you leave france :p haha. To bad I can't join you on your lovely planned trips... And wauw, what did Strasbourg looked nice... It's a pity I had all those exposés :s.
See you soon,
Kiss,
Janine
Brilliant! Robyn, as an international student myself I always love to read others experiences in the big bad world. Very thorough! Far exceeding anything I ever post. In second year at National Taiwan University at the moment but will be heading to Sciences Po on exchange in a year! Very excited. Good luck with everything! Gaz~ http://www.wretch.cc/blog/gazdurrant
Haai Robyn Well, well.. It really is creazy! I read it with surprise! I had some problems too with stuff, but well I'm happy to be from the EU! But fine that the opera was nice ;). The museums were too! And I clumb up the Arc de Triomph! Also free on first sundays (from november till march)!
See you soon!
xxx Janine
Very interesting. We, the French students of sciences po, are really curious to know what the international students think of our school and city.
Keep it up.
From a french that used to study in the states Waow, that was a pretty deep and thorough amalysis of the french system/ society. As a french student that has been studying in the states, I am very interested in learning what an exchange student from the states might think of living/ studying in my hometown. Although the french really are (in)efficient - as you rightly put it Robyn - and have a slight tendency not to overwork, they do know how to enjoy life properly. Good luck for during your year in Paris, do learn french (you'll keep it for the rest of your life), and travel, travel, travel. Best to you. Adrien.
I sent you one and it's not up! Robyn, I added a comment ages ago and it seems you have to accept them before they can be shown. Did you not like my comment is that why you are not accepting it?
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My name is Robyn Liska and I graduated from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. I spent my junior year abroad in Paris and studied at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (aka Sciences Po) studying international relations and sustainable development. I created this blogsite so that all of my family and friends could stay in touch with me and follow my adventures through Europe and beyond. Subsequent moves have taken me to Breckenridge, CO, Boston, MA and Washington, DC, so there is plenty to read about! Enjoy.... full info
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Admissions - French Studnets
I am interested in hearing about the admissions process to Sciences Po if you are a french student, French, from a competitive Lycee, sitting for the Bac this year. Is there a personal interview, a written personal statement and should we just assume you really need to take a year of the prep classes to get in? Is there a stronger prep. school than others if your primary goal is Science Po? Thank you.