GUIDE TO MOVING TO AMSTERDAM | UvA, Media & Culture, Finding Housing, Making Friends

[@elenaspano5067]

Just got an email from UvA and learned that I got accepted. I am ON CLOUD NINE!!!! I’m also kinda scared though hahahaha. Rome to Amsterdam… huge change! I’m doing Communication Science. If anyone is starting this september, let’s be friends!!! Doesn’t matter the course!

[@hannahs7921]

Hi Elena, Im also starting at UvA this september studying Media and Information! Let’s be friends! :)

[@Lorenzo-qe5di]

Hey Elena, I'll be moving to Amsterdam from Rome as well! I'll study Marketing (but at VU)

[@alexagoher5692]

Hey! I got accepted and am really leaning towards accepting, but I’m sooo nervous

[@elenaspano5067]

@@alexagoher5692 honestly I confirmed as soon as I got accepted. This is a once in a lifetime kind of opportunity and I was not gonna let it slip away. If you do accept let me know and and let’s be friends! I’m literally scared for the social life I don’t know anyone in Amsterdam😭

[@mariajimenezlopez7003]

@@Lorenzo-qe5di Im going to Amsterdam in September for a Master’s programme at VU too

[@juliettebobcat704]

My son is finishing his 2nd year at UvA, and he loves it! I visited last summer and I loved it too. He was in Sloterdijk the 1st year, and I LIKED it. He did, too. He's fluent in German, lovely Antonia-lived in Hamburg. Your video is great, and I agree that I felt very safe there. Look for his band playing out. It's him and 3 Dutchies: their band name is Ratjetou! I'd recommend studying there to anyone, unless they're just not fit enough to get around.

[@sophiiastark]

Girl i just got accepted to UvA and im soooo excited!! Thanks for this video

[@antoniagossner]

Exciting!! Wishing you all the best!

[@ilinjk5054]

it's too nice to hear that Media & Culture get less academic pressure than communication science because I choose Median & Culture. I really don't want experience again what's just happened during my IB courses....

[@secretgarden577]

This is a very helpful video! I am coming to Amsterdam too

[@anaisrail4429]

I love this!! I'll be in Amsterdam studying at UvA nexy year. I have so much trouble with finding a place to live in, but I hope I'll find one for next year. I also want to start my own youtube channel after finishing with the exams at highschool hehe. I'm scared and anxious about the friends subject, people there seem so nice and friendly but still, hopefully I'll form beautiful conections❤️ Thank you for this video!!

[@moahamed_ali2003]

Free palastine

[@antoniagossner]

YESSS start the channel!!!!

[@anaisrail4429]

@@antoniagossner hehe, this year** I meant to say. I'll be in town in August!

[@jawidkasher4858]

Welcome to Amsterdam!

[@sofie8850]

can you make a video about amsterdam essentials to bring (including wardrobe essentials)?

[@antoniagossner]

Omg good idea! Maybe a little lookbook or something haha! I'll do it!

[@juliettebobcat704]

Get a waterproof jacket that has special features for bike riding. They dress more colorfully than Germans, for instance.

[@NifesimiDoesThings]

Writing my undergraduate thesis atm and I'm using relocation videos as my motivation lol😂... planning on getting my masters in media studies from UvA

[@Baeomran]

Hello Watching you from England, I'm going to apply to UvA soon. This video has been useful and has never thought accommodation is the biggest challenge.

[@antoniagossner]

Thank you! Accommodation is probably the biggest hassle when it comes to moving to Amsterdam, start early!!

[@ludanoob1856]

Hey I have two more questions: 1. Would you say it's important to be able to speak Dutch 2. How about finding jobs? Is it easy to find a job as a student in Amsterdam and is it essential for the jobs to speak Dutch? Would be lovely if you could answer that🙈🥺💗💗thanks for the video it really really helped me

[@sander8831]

Hi, as a Dutch person I think I can answer your questions. 1) Especially in big cities speaking Dutch is not essential, most Dutch people speak a decent amount of English and in bigger cities there are a lot of people who aren't Dutch that only speak English. 2) Although some jobs do require that you speak Dutch there are plenty of jobs where only speaking English will suffice. In big cities you will find that in many restaurants, fast food places, cafe's or shops a lot of the employees only speak English. I don't know what kind of job you would be interested in, but I think that you can definitely find something you like without having to speak Dutch.

[@ludanoob1856]

@@sander8831 omg thank you so much that text encouraged me a lot. I mean I am already learning Dutch in my free time but I doubt that I will be able to actually speak it when I will be going to the Netherlands but yeah thanks a lot

[@sander8831]

@@ludanoob1856 no problem :). Good luck learning Dutch and have fun in the Netherlands

[@ludanoob1856]

@@sander8831 thank you 😊

[@146_md.hasibulhasan_b2]

​@@sander8831 would you mind giving me your email? I've some questions in my mind actually

[@crisg6441]

Thanks for the video, it was really helpful! I'm going to move to Amsterdam and I will probably stay in a student accommodation like “the student experience”, have you heard anything about their waitlist or if it is a good accommodation? Also, is it easy to get a job ( like a waitress)? Thanks :)

[@bo9532]

the netherlands is really short staffed in hospitality jobs at the moment, SO many places are hiring, so it should be really easy to find a job!

[@crisg6441]

@@bo9532 thanks!

[@juliettebobcat704]

No, if you're not EU or Schengen, you will have a hard time finding a job, because your student visa is not enough. NL businesses prefer those 2 above classifications, because they have all the paperwork they need to hire those people. Americans are problematic.

[@martinstefanov6605]

What is you opinion on “Economics and Business Economics”? Have you heard anything about it and do you have friends from this program?

[@camzy3003]

I'm thinking about applying to this or Media and Information! Im curious as well

[@146_md.hasibulhasan_b2]

​@@camzy3003 I'm also interested actually, currently I'm doing my BBA and i want to get admission in University of Amsterdam for Master’s actually, and I'm feeling some difficulties tbh🙃

[@nikitkat115]

what about the nightlife? would you say it is a great party city?

[@mattiesdone]

Thanks for the video! Does anyone know how difficult it is to get into UvA as an international student doing A levels? I'm looking to study psychology and i just learnt that I might need maths but i am currently not taking maths, does anyone know if this is a real issue?

[@ananyarao5210]

Hey. I am also planning for an intake in UvA, and I am also planning to pursue psychology, and I don't have math either. So, did u check?? Is it important to have that subject?

[@p_3265]

I’m wondering it’s ok if I don’t know a single words of Dutch. Btw, this video is so helpful for me

[@advitasimha]

i'm a junior in highschool and i recently discovered that i may wanna go to UvA for my undergrad. i wanna major in eng lit and maybe minor or double major in film, but more of the screenwriting part of it? do u think UvA would be a good option for this?

[@146_md.hasibulhasan_b2]

Is IELTS accepted without GRE or GMAT in Master’s programme from business school?

[@a.m6929]

Tried to reach u on ig but couldnt find your account so asking here, when u said u got a chance to switch programs but choose not to, at what point were you given the option?:) im contemplating between two bachelors and im scared of choosing the wrong one and then being stuck at that for 3 years🤯

[@antoniagossner]

I was given that option between the first and second year (as far as I can remember)! It's easiest to contact your study advisor or the help desk! (Also, you're never stuck! Every experience you make will help you in some way PLUS you can always pick electives etc. that interest you more!)

[@Licentiapoetica]

It was so helpful! Btw, do you know anyone from PPLPE course? Do they enjoy it?

[@antoniagossner]

Thanks! All I know is that it's a lot of work! But they all love it :))

[@alexandratrofimova6328]

Thank you for the video! I have a question) Are there any places in Amsterdam where you can get a good and inexpensive manicure?

[@mariiahrytsan]

Hii! Just wanted to tell you that you are so beautiful and I really like your voice and the way you are telling information) it was so interesting to listen to you ! I’m so scared to go to university, because of many reasons like I’m younger than all of my classmates and I will go to uni almost just after my 17 th birthday. Also I’m from Ukraine soo.. everything is a little bit harder )) I was at Amsterdam last year and I’m literally fell in love with this city so I would like to move there. I have questions for you if you don’t mind ) First of all , what is your first language? If it’s not English , what was your level when you were applying? Secondly, have you been scary about what program to chose ? I’m just so so confused how people actually decide what to learn, because I don’t have “dream job” and for me it is extremely hard decision. I would be so grateful for your answer ♥️

[@antoniagossner]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'll be filming another Q&A this week and will answer your questions in more depth! xx

[@sudearioz5128]

Was it easy to get accepted next year im planning to study exactly this at the same university but I am scared about getting accepted

[@josecora5623]

I have the same question!

[@antoniagossner]

Just go for it!! You have nothing to lose! (But I think it's relatively easy to get accepted at Dutch universities, depending on the course of course!) In highschool they always told us that it's easy to get accepted, and hard to pass haha

[@trisha-ne7bx]

hi! did you take math AI HL in the IB?

[@antoniagossner]

dear lord no. i took math studies hahaha

[@fabienne74]

what was your IB score?

[@javiermarcialcespedesberne8575]

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[@Lorenzo-qe5di]

There is a typo in the title

[@antoniagossner]

lmao thnxxx

[@Ana-gb9hs]

Is it difficult to pass exams ? ❤

[@juliettebobcat704]

In the Linguistics classes at least, you can take an option to delay taking your final exam, if you wish, but it will be extra hard. The regular tests and quizzes are very important, final, not as much as in some countries.

[@frankling7309]

hi

[@nereitaammc_99]

Nice channel

[@anileleyebaki9815]

Seen so many vlogs on studying in Amsterdam, but I have barely seen any black, please are there blacks in this university ??(UVA)

[@juliettebobcat704]

I've visited, and my son is in his second year there. I didn't see a lot, and because the Moroccans run some criminal enterprise, there is some prejudice against them. You may/may not be an innocent bystander of that kind of prejudice.

[@johannaabanana]

25 minutes of you heheh

[@carl2707]

I feel sorry as a German lol

[@antoniagossner]

What do you mean? :)

[@carl2707]

Because you mentioned Germans are unfriendly but then I realized you're from Germany as well haha