Written by Gimmy
01 Sep 2015
Dear all,
Hope you had a good summer!
Today I am starting a new academic year… hopefully for the last time.
I will review my first year at Chalmers and share some aspirations for the second year…
August
- Arrive in Göteborg towards the end of August.
- Spend some time setting up the room, visiting IKEA
- Explore the city and make friends (mostly with exchange students, because they are very outgoing and similar minded)

September
- School starts: getting to know Chalmers… its educational system, school facilities… and of course, Pub Crawling
- Swedish course at Folkuniversitetet starts: 2,5hr class, once per week, runs until sometime in February.
- Midterm exams!?!?! What! Need to get used to the short academic terms in Sweden.

October
- Some serious studying takes place… Final exams at the end of month
- My housemates and I attempt to brew our own beers, as the alcohol price in Sweden is $$$… turns out to be the biggest waste of money… ever.
- Joins the Chalmers Formula Student team… and thus bringing the end to my free time.
We built a race car in a year. Ambitious, exhausting, but cool.
November
- Start to feel sad due to lack of sun. (This year I will exercise more… and do more things to make me happier)
- Second semester begins… (This year: DO NOT procrastinate)

December
- Master’s study is more stressful than I thought. Feeling down…I went home for Christmas
January
- Returned to Sweden
- Exams
- New semester begins

February – March
- Flew by too fast. I should have applied to summer jobs then! Ask your professors for open positions too!
April – May
- Days getting longer…start complaining about too much sunlight…

June
- Exams
- “Summer holidays”

July
- Mostly worked on Formula Student project… basically lived in the machine shop
- Travelled to Formula Student UK and Formula Student Germany competitions

August
- Finally free! Life is good again!

Forecast & what to expect now…
September – December
- Work on my Swedish language skills
- Secure a thesis topic around November
- Working part-time at the Chalmers combustion department
- New semester begins
January – June
- Thesis work
- Finding work in Sweden after my degree, and live happily ever after.

löv,
gimmygöteborg