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madmax99
Academic
Course recommendations
it's your choice whether you're taking easy or harder courses. Professors are pretty good at teaching.
You have to speak French to integrate into the French student community.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
I didn't learn much, but discussions with prof and fellow students were pretty good.
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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...
It's HEC, but don't just go there to study!
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
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
Don't spend your weekends on campus. Travel around! France is a very nice country.
If you want to know Paris better, you might want to rent a room in the capital. Going to & away from campus is a hassle if you don't have a car. I often hitchhicked from campus to Paris. But going back takes about 45min-1h with public transports if you know the train schedules!!!
But campus life is great. You get to meet a lot of people!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Government assistance<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
ad travel: travelling around France requires a deep pocket (drinks, acco, and transport)
ad food: eating at above-average restaurants is obviously more expensive
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Food, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
The French government gives you an allocation which in the end covers about a third of accomodation costs. What a nice surprise that was!
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Languages
Language of instruction:
Was learning a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my
How much did you improve your ?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
As I've said before, speaking good French is necessary if you want to integrate with local students. Otherwise it won't be fun meeting them and you'll end up hanging out with exchange students (which can also be quite fun!)
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Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
you have to live on campus to go to all the parties and to meet French students & thus integrate into campus life.
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Personal comments
Depending on what building you live in you can get some very clean rooms.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Apart from the great "soirées" at HEC. I would also recommend going into Paris to check out some great clubs. Some of my favs: Alacazar, Man Ray on Fridays, VIP, Latina Cafe, Les Planches (young crowd but very fun if you go out with a group).
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