That's it. P2 has finished. Now the only thing between me and my Trip to China and Japan is the Exams. This time i am more prepared since most of these clasess are known to me. Thank god i studied on my own Managerial accounting and POM. Working at Industry gives you some nice advantages. I sure like it that way..
I had my Spanish language exam today. Let's wait for the results, it was easier than i epxected but on the other hand the oral was a disaster..... Other than that exams are all around us. You know the period up to exams is the worst. The stress, the competition. Every1 studying like crazy. And there are people who overdo it, other who take it easy and then the ones who pretend to take it easy. I just want to finish the exams, nothing else. And a new passport would be ideal.
Let's check the Dean's List again. Who will make and who won't. I hope noone fails any classes. I am pretty curious about the evaluations this terms professors will receive. I can imagine coming back to us and showing us the evaluations. Will it be higher or lower than P1... Who knows?
Last but not least i gave every1 some chocolates since it was the last day and Christmas are coming. I love Christmas :)
Have a great week every1.
My name is Alex Gladstone and I'm in the INSEAD J'10 promotion.
I know that many people who come to this blog are at least slightly concerned with the INSEAD language requirements. For those of you reading this that are from the US and Canada, I'm going to guess that your second or third language is probably Spanish.
If you do need certification in Spanish you basically have 3 options. The first is to fly to France and take the language test in Fontainebleau with FL&C language school, but I wouldn't suggest that unless you are already pretty close to fluent.
The second option is to study independently or with a school familiar with the DELE exam, but this is fairly difficult since the DELE exam is only given twice per year. Regardless of whether you are in a January or July start and when you might get your acceptance letter, you will be in a situation where you'll only have one shot to take the test. The DELE takes a very long time to return your results (up to two months?) so while you wait you'll have to keep studying hard in case your fallback is to take the FL&C test instead.
The third and IMHO the best option is to take classes with tradfax.com to prepare for the FIDESCU D.I.E. (I know its a terrible acronym for an exam but don't worry) which is also accepted at INSEAD. Tradfax is the first (and right now the only) school and _exam_center_ in North America that is associated with FIDESCU.
Tradfax is physically in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Its run by Francis Guinazu who has been teaching Spanish, Portuguese, and English as a foreign language for over 25 years. He'll assess your skills and if necessary set you up with an intensive course of study (say, 8 hr/week or so) to help prepare you for the exam, and you can do it in person via skype or even by phone. You can take the test with tradfax directly rather than having to fly to Spain or elsewhere.
I'm plugging them because I personally used their services and went from a very basic level of Spanish to the required level in just a few months while working a full-time job by using their intensive course.
Check them out at http://www.tradfax.com
And good luck to you all!
Posted by: Alex Gladstone | July 27, 2009 at 16:53