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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Karma Bar: quite expensive, Flamencopop; Rock Vegas + Propaganda: "Abschleppzone" for those who speak German, European Music; Klub Tochka: Live-concerts, Russian Bands and people;
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
the dezhurnayas know "their" foreign students, you get to know a lot of people
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Personal comments
each student has a single room, it is however really small (about 8 m2 only) -> you get used to it however after some weeks
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Academic
Course recommendations
most exchange students participated at language courses only -> that isn't very helpful, to get in contact with Russian students and to understand their culture
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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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Languages
Language of instruction: Russian
Was learning Russian a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Russian?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
if you're not able to keep contact with russian students, you won't improove Russian for sure - so everything is up to you actually
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Overall
I wish I had known...
take plastic bags with you -> even bags of worst quality cost
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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
Personal recommendation
it's the best decision I've ever taken
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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
Russians love compliments about their culture
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Moscow is expensive, although you can buy cheaper products on the market instead in the supermarket
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
90 USD for a 8m2 room was a surprise, about the other costs I knew in advance. Instead of buying mineral water, you can simply filter it and concerning food go to the "rynok"
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