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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Club Urbano especially on Monday: Good band with soul/funk/black music,... great place! and forró club: no canto da ema!
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Especially the house in Rua Rocha: nice apparments & a lot of people you get to know!
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Personal comments
I lived in an appartment with a Brazilian. It was a good appartment but my relation to my flat mate was not that great but this can happen with flat sharing!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
Course recommendations
Get the list for the courses asap!! We got the list very late & had to hurry up for the registration!!
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Better information for exchange students at the beginning! Exchange student should have access to the intranet BEFORE they register so that they can have the syllabus that are IN the INTRANET?!
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
About housing -> flat sharing with more people is nicer!
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Do not expect too much regarding the academics. Teachers are in general very nice & help you if you ask them!
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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
Travel, travel & travel! You have too! Especially go to Buenos Aires because it's a great city! I travelled a lot & I loved it! But you do not need to go to Argentina, Brazil is huge & so many places to see (Florianopolis, North East, ..)
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Languages
Language of instruction: Portuguese
Was learning Portuguese a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Portuguese?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Well, do not worry if you do not speak Portuguese very well at the begining. You will learn it but be prepared that not many people in the street speak English!!
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