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Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because it will be cleaner and cheaper.
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Personal comments
It wasn´t clean but the environment was pretty nice, I mean, the relation between the people who was living in the same building was great.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
There´s a pub in the city centrum called "De Paap", pretty nice to drink a beer a listen music in live. Also the Parliament is a place you should visit. If you have time it´s nice rent a bike and go to the beach Scheveningen
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Becuase the life in The Netherlands is more expensive than in Spain, also I´ve traveled quite a lot
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Food, Housing, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
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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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish I had know Dutch language
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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
The security in the accomodations center that they find should be better. Some teacher´s behaviour with foreing students should be more polite.
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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
In the Netherlands is always useful know a little bit of Dutch, but most of the people know English and their accent is quite good. It is an advantage live in The Hague because you live near the two biggest cities in Holland and you´re close Belgium. Also you will be able to travel around Europe because the location of The Hague is nice to organize different trips. Be careful with the shops timetable because they close around 18:00 but not everyday.
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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: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I´ve improved so much my level of English, I have no problems speaking or writing, I can speak English very fluently.
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