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Garrett M
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
le couche tard was a good multi national spot. Try and go to at least 1 college organised party. They're meant to be a blast but i never made them.
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Housing
Type of housing: Student Residence
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
For the convenience factor, i.e. close to everything, spacious. for adequate toilet facilities
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Personal comments
Le Rabot was a class student residence that accomodated for 600 students which was good cos you met loadsa people easily enough, but was halfway up a mountain, but only 10/15 minutes walk to city centre. there was also a regular bus service to it. Toilets were a bit dodgy though. a hole in the ground to be precise.
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Garrett M
Academic
Course recommendations
Eh... Never went to them!!!
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Never learnt ne thing in college there. The lectures when i went to them seemed to be good. but all i had to do was write 2 essays and send them on to my home university. Bit dissappointing having not to attend college cos we lost all motivation to do ne thing.
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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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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: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
i believed i had a slight bit of competence in speaking french but when i got to Grenoble i found that that was not the case. But after 3 months i could have an interesting conversation with any french person. Its a shame i only had 3 months there cos i only started getting confidence ion speaking the language in the last month. I wonder how my french would be after 6 months.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
1: Wished i had a drivers licence. Marseille, Monaco, Nice and paris just down the road. Spain, Switzerland and Italy around the corner. With no college to go to, renting a car would have being a brilliant adventure.
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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
Go to college and make friends.
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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
Go there, make friends. Enjoy the views, go sking. Get drunk. Hang out with the french. It is mind blowing experiencing a social life with people like yourself and your friends back home but who are from a different country, speak a different language.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Student accomodation is dirt cheap but not luxurious. Drink in supermarkets is dirt cheap but in the pubs and niteclubs it is a rip off. Cook for yourself cos i never did at first until i realised it would be way cheaper to.
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Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Travel, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Thank god for technology. If i was low on cash, i just sent a text message to my parents mobile fone saying i needed money for books and they would put some in my account using 24 hour intermet and phone banking. Unfortunately that never happened alot though
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