4-week summer course in Beijing/Qingdao/Jinan (Chinese Bridge Scholarship)

[mr tin]

Hi! I would be really interested if anybody has got and tried the 4-week Chinese Bridge Scholarship. I´ve also got one for next summer and I may not go (I gotta pay the flight, I may not be able to pay), but still I would be really interested in your experience. Or if not the scholarship, I still would be interested in the summer courses of Beijing / Shandong (Jinan) / Qingdao Universities. I´ve already visited the sites of these, but there´s not much info. Here are some questions: 1. Are there only beginner courses? (I would want to choose and intermediate one) 2. Do e.g. Calligraphy classes require extra payment or may be covered by the scholarship? 3. How ´early´ are the summer courses announced? Application deadline is around April, but usually when are the course options available? (because of flight ticket reservation)4. How did you find it, were classes really helpful? I want to be trained hard!5. Are there placement tests? 6.Generally, how much homework? 7. What if I get ´Elementary´ in a placement test but want to go to a more advanced group to improve better and work harder? 8. Student visa required or ´simple´ tourist visa is OK?Well, I cannot tell more details, because I don´t know more about it just that: -4 weeks -next summer -Beijing/Qingdao/Jinan (Shandong) Thanks for your replies, opinions, ideas in advance! :)