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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Share a house with local students
Why?
As an exchange student, it is very easy NOT to get acquainted to locals (only to other exchange students).
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Personal comments
It's fun, it's nice, but it is not an authentic live-in-Norway-experience. The campus is a world in itself.
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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
A winner for outdoor freaks. Beautiful climbing, sailing, skiing, mountain hiking, swimming, you name it. A frustratingly small and boring place for night-life and mall lovers.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
What to say? Trade regimes, farmer lobby, exchange rates. But also utilising my exchange semester to the max: traveling, going out more.
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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
Count on substantial expenses or stay in your room, live on knackebrød, do not drink, do not travel.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Great chance to broaden your scope: pick Chinese Economy and other non-mainstream courses.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
The first question people ask after the exam is: How many pages did you write? Apparently, you are supposed to write down everything you know that is vaguely related to the question asked.
The ability of anwering brief and to the point seems to fit more with what is desirable in business life.
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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...
That I would not leave and work here instead! I would have brought more stuff right away and taken good time for lots of goodbye hugs.
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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
NHH should try to merge more profoundly activities and courses (incl. teamwork) for international and local students.
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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, I repeat do not get caught in the 'golden triangle', i.e. campus - NHH - supermarket. Some rarely ever manage to get their way out of it.
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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 stayed on after my study period (to work) and only then started to learn Norwegian. Speaking the language is a great advantage in submerging in the pleasant culture. Although nearly everyone is fluent in English, they tend to speak Norwegian to each other, even if foreign friends are present.
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