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Silvia M
Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
none
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Silvia M
Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
to have more space
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
It was ok but maybe there was too noise because there were too many students
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Silvia M
Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
The life in Holland was more expensive tahn in Italy
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
none
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Silvia M
Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
a good knowledge of english
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My academic experiences
Quality of courses
Variety of courses
Access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
none
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
Overall
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Silvia M
Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
No I did not have any bad surprice
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
4
Culture
4
Costs
4
Activities
3
Campus life
2
Party / people
2
Weather / location
2
Personal recommendation
To go with a good english skills
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
3
Improved language skills
3
Met people from other countries
3
Became more independent
3
Partied a lot
3
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
3
Final comments
I was a very good experience because I could know a lot of people from every place in the world
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Silvia M
Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Did not speak it
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
I did not have any problems because I could speak in english with everyone
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