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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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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
Nightlife in Sao Paulo is always in motion. The best spots today are old tomorrow. Mondays Urbano is a must, weekends in Villa Olimpia, ... This huge city has so many different offers - it is never borring there!
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I lived with a brazilian. It was a great location (30 sec. from University).
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Personal comments
The very helpful international offices provides a list with many oppertunities. Everybody can find something suitabel within 3 days. The university is to small to offer accomodations.
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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
English was not a problem at the university, because students as well as professors were able to speak english. Outside of the university it was very hard to find somebody speaking english. You should basic portugese before you go to Brazil, because otherwise it will take to much time to really enjoy this country!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Government assistance
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Basic life in Brazil is much cheaper than in any european country due to a weakness of the Real. The nightlife and traveling is also much cheaper than in Europe, but you will have so many oppertunities and you will love it so much that you spend much more for this!
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Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Brazilian food is so good, that you will gain a lot of weight. By avoiding this you can save a lot of money! (No Churrascarias).
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Ho much fun you can have in this country and nice people in this country are!
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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
Absolut great. It is the best education institution of Latin America. Small and familiar you will meet a lot new friends there and will have the best time of your life!
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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
Enjoy this country and travel as much as possible, but also try to have a regular life in Sao Paulo, because this experience will be so different from your homecountry. You will find many, many new friends there. Compared to many other universities you will have many contacts with locals.
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Academic
Course recommendations
The brazilian teachers are better than the international ones. Do not take to many courses with these ones. Sigmar Malvezzi, Ibere Arco e Flexa, Paulo Standerski, David Hastings and Tedeschi are great! There are also very popular brazilian politicians teaching at GV.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
The University is not very academic. The quality of courses and teachers differs very much. Especelly for exchange students there are some very useless courses!
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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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