<p>I know that accepted fall students are already registering for classes and housing options-- I'd be happy to answer any questions for admitted students or prospective DIS students as a rather recent alum!</p>
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<p>I used to have four Danish roommates when I was studying abroad in Spain. On average, how many times did you say “Skal!” per day when you were studying abroad in Copenhagen?</p>
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<p>Hey! I’m having trouble deciding housing for dis next semester, but am leaning towards the kollegiums (international or traditional) or DIS dorms. Do you know, from your own and other’s experiences, which housing options were the best? Did you know anyone unhappy with their choice??</p>
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<p>@NJCollegeBoy-- I myself didn’t use it very often… but at DIS events (like our final Photojournalism exhibition) there would be large rounds of "sk</p>
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<p>I am still waiting to hear back from DIS. Should I be concerned about the limited space in housing and registering for classes?</p>
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<p>Some schools have earlier deadlines than others, so some (but probably not most) students are already picking housing/classes. You can help yourself out by using the time until you hear to go through the courses on the website and pick which classes you’d like, and back-up classes for those. Because they have so many class options, it shouldn’t be too big of an issue. (The optional study tour classes fill up, though, so register for those sooner rather than later, if one strikes your fancy.)</p>
<p>For housing, early registration makes the biggest different when it comes to host-families, so if that’s your first choice, know what you’d like for your second-choice option.</p>
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<p>is there usually space in the dorms or do they fill up quickly as well?</p>
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<p>They contract with a number of kollegiums throughout the city and have quite a bit of space in the DIS shared housing, so I think they’ve a lot of space in both those options.</p>
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<p>How selective was the program to get into? What kind of stats do you need? Does going to one of the top Unis help a lot?</p>
<p>How do the classes compare to American classes in terms of difficulty?</p>
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<p>I don’t specifically know the stats one needs. Especially if you go to a top uni, the requirements your home school has to qualify a student to go abroad are usually the same (or harder) than the requirements for admission to most study abroad programs. Going to a selective college/uni does help, particularly if DIS has a standing partnership with them. Some programs within DIS might be more selective than others (like, Medical Practice & Policy), but I think DIS generally promotes itself as a little more selective than it is… It looks like you’re posting a lot in the Rice forum, and it looks like DIS has a partnership with Rice: [Rice</a> University & DIS - DIS](<a href=“http://www.dis.dk/apply/us-universities/rice/]Rice”>http://www.dis.dk/apply/us-universities/rice/)</p>
<p>I felt like my classes abroad had a lot of work (and a ton of reading), but most of it was busy work compared to my college classes. In some ways, it felt like being back in high school. Instead of tests asking questions like “is such-and-such a fertility ritual in viking culture feminist? why or why not?” we had a lot more questions like “what was the name of Egil’s nanny in this Saga?” But, I was glad to have the extra time to spend with my host-family instead of holed up in my room like a hermit!</p>
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