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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
DuDock,
Nighttown, Sensi Smile,...
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
More privacy.
Meeting locals and learning the language,
possibility to be alone.
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Personal comments
I lived in a very nice building called "De Snor". It was very functional, people leaving there have been all `round my age. It was very close to university. Not that close to the center. I lived with 3 Dutch people. We only shared the citchen. Everybody had his own room with bathroom.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
To call home from abroad is more expensive, you go out to meet new people, at home you are not searching for people. You don`t know the country, so you travel much more.
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Telephone, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
To know how to speak a language is very different to the fact to speak it.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
That it is so easy to go somewhereelse. Because then I would have gone already and as often as possible.
The Northsea is WONDEFUL...Didn`t know how beautiful the beaches are overthere.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
In only one hour it`s possible to reach Delft, Leiden, Haarlem, Den Haag and A´dam.
The sea is easy to reach and the best beaches are up in the North(Den Helder).
Don`t forget to got to Brugge. It`s very close and so so nice.
Don`t talk to Dutch people ina too direct way. They like keep a little distance.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Computer and Law
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