I only entered SumSU for a master’s degree, so I have something to compare it with! Previously, I studied at another institution, even in another city. After entering our Marketing Department, I was pleasantly surprised, as I didn’t expect anything radically new. I had the impression that they would turn out to be very similar. This thought was based not only on personal experience but also considering friends, former classmates, and just acquaintances. But the Marketing Department opened new emotions towards learning in me. I didn’t regret moving to another city.
First of all, I really liked the classes in the auditorium where you can sit on chair-pillows, it’s cozy and creates a special contact between students and teacher. The next pleasant thing for me was conducting lectures not “from paper”. Previously, I encountered teachers simply reading lectures from slides or notebooks they had with them, but here I also rarely encountered this, these were isolated cases. Perhaps it also played a role that I really liked the “creative colors”, there is a special atmosphere in the department, and there is even its own YouTube channel, an interesting Instagram feed is maintained, and there is even its own chat. Yes, due to the start of the war, teachers are not indifferent to the process. They are forced to feel the asynchronous flow of learning, but this doesn’t prevent teachers from being understanding towards us.
An obvious minus is the question of relationships with relatives due to exaggeration most of the time — remotely, which is also a problem, but is supported! So teachers also see feedback.
