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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 both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The beer garden near the Paderquelle. And the Pfannekuchen Haus, awesome.
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Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I'm older now and I need my own space. But I did enjoy the interaction with the family. Helped my German.
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Personal comments
My experience was great. Others in my program had less pleasant experiences.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
I traveled almost every weekend, I don't do that at home. And the telephone is just darned expensive in Europe. Email is fabulous though.
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Telephone, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
Course recommendations
I was in a predetermined course of study for the time that i was there.
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
Not really. Also, my experience was a long time ago, so things might have changed.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
They have a great summer party and the people are really down to earth.
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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
Avoid drinking Paderborn Gold, the local brew. Yuck. Try Warsteiner, it's much better.
Shop at Klingenthal, that's where I worked, lovely people.
Enjoy as many Schuetzenfests as you can get to.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
My overall language experience was great. The classes were in english for my program, but we had a German converstaion class. Plus I lived with a family and had an internship in the city. I was definitely more comfortable with the language by the end of my time.
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