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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Party of the week is a must for any incoming student! Happens on Thursday,open bar, ok music. Don't wear nice clothes!
Restaurant Universitaire (RU) is the only place to eat on campus, food is nothing special and at times bad, but one can get used to it. There is also Kfet - a student bar where you can buy pizza or sandwich. There are also delivery companies from which you can order pizza or sushi.
Campus has a very nice lake - perfect place for spring barbeques or sunbathing.
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
All studies are conducted on campus and it is very far form Paris or any other big city to commute.
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Personal comments
A bit overpriced for the quality delivered
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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I had a very good intensive French course which helped me in advancement of my lauguage skills
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Academic
Course recommendations
I was doing CEMS program courses, they differ from the rest. If you are doing CEMS and into marketing I would strongly recommend to do a luxury certificate - intensive course on marketing strategies for luxury companies.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
France is very expensive in terms housing, food and public transportation.
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Don't go to Paris often:) Big plus of living on campus - one can save on food and transportation. Call from Skype, French mobile operators charge a lot.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish I would have known that rent was so high. also absence of kitchen in the dorm was an unpleasent surprise. And of course the time it takes to commute to Paris (from 40 min to 2 hours depending on strikes or construction works that happen way too often in France)
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Very prestigious school to have on your CV, honored professors, nice people but on the whole did not meet my high expectations.
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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
Do not have very high expectations!
Learn some basic French to be able to get around.
Apply for CAF the moment you arrive on campus (CAF is a student support for rent from French government, up to 200 euros per month, to apply go to the website www.caf.fr - there you would need your basic French by the way)
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