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Hannah C
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
Wessenburg for food and wine, Shamrock to meet other ERASMUS students, Dom for cocktails.
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Hannah C
Housing
Type of housing: Student halls
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Although the halls were cheap, they were not particularly modern and student flats were also nicer and just as cheap
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Hannah C
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Because Germany is cheaper for students than the UK; loads of student discounts.
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Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Get a Bahnkarte for train travel.
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Hannah C
Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
More student - teacher contact as in the UK
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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...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Go there. Excellent atmosphere, location and very friendly people.
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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
Don't choose to live in Sonnenbuehl accommodation, choose Europahaus.
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Hannah C
Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your German?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I went to Germany to cement my knowledge of the language and the experience certainly did that. Having studied German for 9 years I finally got to put it into practise and my spoken German improved dramatically
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