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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The main night spots are around Stureplan to go clubbing, however, there are very nice places in Söder where there are less clubs but more bars to have a drink and talk with friends.
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
I would choose to live in the same place as I am doing at the moment, as the student house is close to the school and is in the city centre as well as the rooms have a high standard.
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Personal comments
The School takes care of the housing of all exchange students, having the possibility to choose between two locations: Saltis, a student house owned by the school that is close to the School, or Lappis, a student housing area close to Stockholm Univeristy but a little further away from SSE.
The rooms at Saltis are a little bigger than the ones at Lappis, have some more facilities as well as wireless connection for Internet in the whole house. It is very nice to live in Slatis.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Food prices in Stockholm are very high.
In my home country I live at home with my parents, so there is no rent to pay, while in Stockholm I am living in a student room by myself and thus I have to pay a rent (quite expensive).
I have been traveling around Sweden a bit and though flight tickets are much cheaper than in my home country I have traveled more while being in Sweden.
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Food, Housing, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
Course recommendations
Finance courses are very tough, but the education is exceptionally good!
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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
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Work hard, meet Swedish people and have fun!
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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
I fully recommend an exchange program in Stokcholm for all it has to offer, from the people to the academic life as well as the parties.
If the student does not mind having cold weather and darkness for 4 months of the year, the Stoskholm is the perfect place to be in.
The city is wonderful and so are the Swedes (though it can be difficult to get to know them)!
When buying a cell phone card, Comvicq should be the company chosen as it gives bonus every time the person receives a call.
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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
Communication has never been a problem for me during my exchange program. I am bilingual in Swedish and Spanish so I have had no problems in understanding Swedish. Even though I speak with an accent from Stockholm since childhood, now that I have been here for almost 9 months, Swedes find it very difficult to notice that I am not the regular Swedish.
English is the main language spoken among exchange students as well as the language of instruction, and having spoken it for over a year now every day and in all situations I feel very comfortable speaking the language.
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