that's the way I feel. but university is free in Finland, they have to rank people in somehow (& personally I think learning is a better method than money). plus they don't demand graduate level understanding of things, just enough to be able to see which 60 people of the 400-or-so are allowed in. thanks Janet :) KS On 06/06/07, Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Seems a bit back to front having to study all that kind of stuff before > getting into the university. > > P > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > On Behalf Of kasper salonen > > Sent: 06 June 2007 16:22 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: entrance exam > > > > tomorrow I go to take the entrance exam to Helsinki University's > > English dept. been reading for weeks/months, on early english > > literature analysis & general linguistics. and the aforementioned > > novel, Butterfly Burning (which gets a TINY bit better at the end). > > > > wish > > me > > luck!! > > > > KS >