<p>sorry if i'm on the wrong forum but this site is confusing me.
anyway, my husband is russian, and we are moving to russia next year. i am really interested in st petersburg polytechnical university. the question i have is, when applying would i be considered a study abroad student? whenever i go on the site to look up admissions it always brings me to the study abroad programs (since im reading the site in english).
what i would like to do is do a non-degree study of the russian language at the school and then go to the university to get a BA in linguistics (so i would be going for a full four years).
however how would admissions go for me ?
i'm really clueless in all of this, so maybe any international students who didnt go to a short study abroad program (like a few month long one) can help me?</p>
<p>and its not like i'm transferring over there. ive completed high school and will be living in russia so i thought this would be a great opportunity for me.
since i'm not a citizen i would still be considered an international/foreign student, but the information i see for these kinds of students are almost always short study abroad programs. </p>
<p>sorry if this isnt even a clear question but i'm just hoping maybe somebody could bring some sort of light into all of this confusion i have.</p>
<p>Your question isn’t so clear but I will try to give enough information to you by the way, I am international student at ccc and I know Ukraine’s (where people speaks Russian and Ukranian) and Russia’s education system very well. First of all be relax because in Russia almost everyone have a college degree which has NO VALUE and you can get acceptance from university -which university you want-. If you have money, you can do everything in Russia and study everything in every Russian university. </p>
<p>I’ve never heard of before non-degree in any russian university. You have to have a degree but you can speak with admission. </p>
<p>Also please prepare yourself to very harsh and rude people. Because you will not see any kind and helpful people in Russia. Your life will be very hard because you are not russian. Life will be very hard on you. This is not good idea my friend. Moving to Russia is not a good decision for a foreign person. They are compeletly against to multiculturalism where you will see lots of people who are against to foreign people (even tourists too)</p>
<p>This post can be very direct but when you move to Russia you will exprience whatever I post here. </p>
<p>I am not saying good luck from my heart because luck is not working in Russia…
BUT Good Luck to you…</p>
<p>thank you! by saying non-degree, i meant that they have a program at the college where you study russian (but it is just a course, it doesn’t give you any college credits).
thank you for your concern. i hear such mixed reviews about russia. i hear from college students saying that russia was one of most friendliest places they’ve ever been. i hear from america that russians are all drunk! since my husband will be there, and he is russian, i will use him as a shield haha. thank you for replying, it means a lot to me.</p>
<p>My friend studying in Ukraine and she has been in Russia so many times. “Dude, women have no name in the society and people drinking votka like a bottle of water” she told me. </p>
<p>I have always been very realistic person and I hope you can be very happy in Russia but please prepare yourself and you can always come back to your country do not forget this. </p>