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daannii@lemmy.world 1 week agoSwansea university. Although the one in Cardiff was decent.
I went to the UK to get my master’s because I couldn’t afford one in the U.S.
Easily $120,000 here. 2 year degree.
Welsh one was $8k for 12 months. (Plus living expenses of around 35k.)
Still way less.
It was fast paced but I learned a lot. Did a lot. Wrote like 6 or 7 papers plus a thesis. 8 experiments.
I chose Swansea based on cost/benefit. They had the type of program I wanted.
I had considered scotland but worried I would have trouble with the accent. Boy… I only knew 1 Welsh person and he did not speak like most Welsh. I had a very hard time understanding native non-university Welsh people.
When I came back I applied to one university for a PhD and got in with my experience and credentials from that university. So was worth it.
Plus I’m from rural Midwest.
It felt about the same living there. Quiet. Mostly peaceful. Not too expensive.
Occasionally I would hear a group of drunk men leaving the pub, singing out my window.
I quite enjoyed this because that’s not how drunk men in the US behave.
I also very much love Welsh cakes. Can’t say I liked too much of the traditional cuisine. But the Welsh cakes made up for it.
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I guessed Swansea. It’s a fantastic place to live when the weather is on your side. Glad you enjoyed it there. You’ll always be welcome to return.
daannii@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I honestly thought the weather was 10/10.
I don’t know if all Americans would agree but firstly. I like the rain.
Welsh rain isn’t like rain where I’m from though. I don’t think I never saw flash floods or big storms the whole year I was there. Drizzle mostly. Or that rain I was told was called “spitting” . A fair name for it.
The temperature didn’t fluctuate very much. Which is mostly why I liked it. The coldest of winter was just slightly below freezing. Only lasting a few weeks. Here. We get two months where the temp sits in the 0s to negative farenheight. (-17c to -26c).
With wind-chill making it incredibly cold. And it gets so dry here.
Welsh winters are moist. I actually didnt know that was possible.
Here the summer months from July to end of September hang high and humid. High 90s to 105f (35-40c) before finally dropping off.
In Swansea I think there was maybe 2 weeks it was just hitting 90f (35c). July I think.
But apparently that’s changing.
But yeah we literally see almost 0% humidity and 0f degrees in the winters. To 100f degrees in summer with 100% humidity.
So you can see why I thought Welsh weather was so much better in comparison to U.S Midwest weather.
No blizzards. No tornados or crazy storms. Humidity mostly the same all year.
I mean it’s almost intolerable to be outside for almost 5 months of the year here.