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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 mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Shakespeare & Co.
Bistrot des Artistes
Barrio Latino
Lizard Lounge
Musee D'Orsay
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Housing
Type of housing: Independently run student accommodation campus
Arranged by: Home university
If returning, I would choose: would do the same again
Why?
vibrant cosmopolitan environment - convenient for central Paris and transport - being around other students
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Government assistance
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Needing a metro pass because I was in a big city, but in general Paris was much cheaper than Oxford. Spent more on telephoning because I had to call back to the UK, but then now I probably spend as much on calls to Europe!
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Telephone, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
French mobile phones (pay as your go calls) cost a bomb. Get an SFR abonnement for 6 months BUT DON'T FORGET TO CANCEL IT AT LEAST ONE MONTH BEFORE LEAVING. The process is complicated.
You have to pay to see the Doctor up front. Can be very expensive. EU students should have an E128 form, you can then claim back 3/4 of costs. Keep the barcodes on any medication prescribed and all documents given by doctors and pharmacists for this purpose.
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
More contact with academics and a less patronising 'school-room' environment.
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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...
More knowledge about mobiles, doctors, Metro etc.
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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
More interaction with international students and a less patronising attitude toward students in general
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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
Has all been said.
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Languages
Language of instruction: French
Was learning French a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your French?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Lectures can be difficult to follow at first but one soon adapts and then there are few problems.
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