forgot if i posted it here but since i went on exchange sweden somehow messed up and thinks i've paused/quit my studies and thus have to start paying back my student loan... at a rate of 200-300 USD a month i think it was because they've ALSO somehow missed the fact that i don't have a job (i've only gotten a student loan for one semester so far so my loan's not that big). so i had to message them a couple days ago, and they're being slow to respond.
i also found out that i can continue to go to the same japanese school taking the same classes even after my exchange year, as long as i take the JLPT and/or TOEIC and then pay tuition of about 300 USD a month i think it was. i'd just be classified as a "research student" instead. i'm going to start preparing so that if i can't find a job i can do that instead. the problem there is of course money again: we'll have to move out of our student apartment to a more expensive place at the end of my exchange year, and then i'll be paying tuition on top of that.
i also found out that i can continue to go to the same japanese school taking the same classes even after my exchange year, as long as i take the JLPT and/or TOEIC and then pay tuition of about 300 USD a month i think it was. i'd just be classified as a "research student" instead. i'm going to start preparing so that if i can't find a job i can do that instead. the problem there is of course money again: we'll have to move out of our student apartment to a more expensive place at the end of my exchange year, and then i'll be paying tuition on top of that.
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