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    Samudraki's Saturdays In today's interview I spoke to a final year student who took up multiple degrees at once and is about to start their thesis and wrap up their bachelor's. Read below to find out more about balancing multiple studies and having an active social life.  Q. What do you study at university? A. I'm studying my bachelor's in Astronomy, Applied Physics and Mathematics. Yes, I am doing 3 separate degrees together!  Q. Oh wow! What made you decide to take up multiple degrees at once?  A. So I actually started with Astronomy in the first year, but I thought it was not very challenging. I decided to take up another degree that will complement my studies and give me more in-depth knowledge about the inner workings of the universe. So I took up Applied Physics & Mathematics in the second year. Also, the government subsides the degrees if you pass them all at once so it was definitely cheaper and more time-effective instead of paying alot of fees...

    Samudraki's Saturdays This is the first post of the 6-part interview series. I'll be interviewing 6 students about their university experiences as an international student in The Netherlands. I will share the stories anonymously to maintain the privacy of the students as well as not getting sued by their universities. In today's interview I am going to start with sharing my own story of taking a gap year after graduating from my bachelors degree program. Ruined plans thanks to a global pandemic and an unexpected enrolment into a masters degree program due to no jobs, this is quite the gap year story. Read to find out more! Q. What did you study at university? A. I just recently graduated in August 2020 with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering. It was a 3-year degree program but I took an extra year due to back log and did my bachelor research project (Thesis) online thanks to Covid-19! I was really looking forward to working on experiments to make a perfume...