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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
A night spot--Alien cafe not far away from the campus and from the tram station(which is great when you don't have a car), not expensive--cause targeted at students. Cafes are everywhere, but i like the one at the corner of the street facing the Cathedral. Just love this cathedral!!! Btw, that's really one of the places in Orleans not to be missed.
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Living on campus is great, it gives you more chances of getting to know other people. But after 6 years of living on campus of different schools, I feel that i need more privacy and, let's put it this way, I'm already a bit too mature for a dorm.
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Personal comments
A student has a good choice of dorms on campus as well as off campus. I was given a so-called studia, it's like an appartment with a kitchen and a bathroom. It is pretty expensive, but here in France they have CAF--it's a social aid for housing.It covers almost half of your housing expenses. Almost any university student can get it.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Food in France is just goooood. I love french cheese! Telephone and housing just cost more. Traveling, well if you had a residence permit and could travel in the whole EU without any problems-what would you have done?;)
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Eating out is expensive. So if you want to save more, try to cook more at home and to eat out on weekends.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Here in France be prepared to work a lot on your own, especially if you're doing DESS or DEA (graduate degrees). A lot of attention is given to written tasks and the majority of exams are in a written form. If you want to be good at it, i'd recommend you to read a book on "méthodologies" to write essays and dissertations-it's very important.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
A more bablanced schedule. Sometimes we have only 4 classes per week, sometimes 2 classes almost every day. You don't know what exactly your schedule will be like next week and can't plan your outside activities.
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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...
I came here well prepared as I contacted a ukrainian girl who studied here before.
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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 activities out off classes
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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
It is always great to travel!! and any experience is good.
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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
it is really a great experience as i am taking classes with french and am expected to know as much as they do. Frankly, it's much better than an Erasmus program where there are foreigners just like you in a class. I doubt a lot about "high progress" in your language profficiency in this situation.
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