BNU fall registration and start date?

[hepingrob]

Hi everyone!

Right now I'm stuck in limbo as to whether I will receive a CSC scholarship or not to study at BNU. I need to start looking at plane tickets, though, so I need to know when the official registration and start dates are for the coming fall semester. Can any of you BNUers fill me in? Thanks!

[adrianlondon]

They've got no dates up yet. They're never very organised - best to call them and then post back here for others to see.

http://eap.ucop.edu/eap/country/china/calendars/0809/bnusummerfallyear.shtm has some dates, but they seem to think everything (registration, class, some kind of holiday - probably National Day week ) starts on 10th September.

[amphivera]

There's a new notice up that states the start/registration dates for Fall 08.

Seems like everything got pushed back quite a bit.

http://www.bnulxsh.com/news/urgentnotice.htm

You have to report to registration between 9/16-19. I don't know if I'm reading everything correctly but it appears that the placement exams will be held between the 17th and 19th. If anyone can confirm my interpretation of the Chinese please do so.

Did classes start so late last year? 9/20 seems a bit late, but now I'll have more vacation time!

[WilsonFong]

I flew all the way to Beijing a few days ago to sign up in person for the fall semester. They told me that registration ended around the end of June, and that there was no way that I could sign up for this fall semester's classes. I seem to be getting contradictory information here. Why do you guys and their website mention different registration dates from what their registration office told me?

[imron]

They told me that registration ended around the end of June

I think perhaps you are talking about the application deadline, rather than registration period. Registration typically refers to the period just before the start of the semester when people who have successfully applied, arrive at the school, pay their tuition, get student cards, take placement test, get class timetables etc.

I can imagine the application deadline being around the end of June, but registration won't be until the near the beginning of the semester.

[WilsonFong]

Oh, right. Sorry, brain fart.

I apologize for going off-topic but are there any universities in Beijing where you can still apply for the fall semester?

[roddy]

Might be worth trying the 'off-brand' universities - there are universities of Geology, Post and Telecommunications, Forestry, Transportation and no doubt lots of other things which are unlikely to be as popular - should be fairly easy to find a list of universities in Beijing and then start phoning round.

If you're set on BNU, it might be worthwhile to keep in touch with them - they're bound to have people not turn up, and if you happen to phone just as they realize they have a free place, you might be in luck.