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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Clubs on cowgate, many coffeshops on Nicholson Street and the Royal Mile. Very cozy, people go there to study and socialise.
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Housing
Type of housing: shared university flat
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Personal comments
Living in a shared flat was fun. Since it was a university flat it meant that all maintainance was taken care of. The only minor disadvantage was that you couln't choose you flatmates, so some matches weren't as fortunate as out flat was.
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Ulrike L
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Life in Britain is much more expensive in general.
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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 household items
Personal comments
Check out the Bargain shops on Nicholson Street when you arrive forcheap houshold items - they have everything from bedding to lamps to stationary.
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Ulrike L
Academic
Course recommendations
Courses pretty much covered the same topics as at home, but the variety of courses seemed much more limited than at my home university, so I had problems finding courses that I would get credit for at home.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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...
Buy waterproof clothing cos it rains a lot and it's too windy for an umbrella most of the time.
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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
The Universtiy of Edinburgh is a great place to be with lots of people to meet and lots of activities.
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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
Even though the year was great, I'm disappointed that my home university won't give me credit for most of the courses I took, so that academically I "wasted" a year. Personally, it was the best thing I could have done and I would do it again in a New York minute!!!!
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Ulrike L
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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I was fluent in English before my stay abroad, but I still improved my vocabulary a lot.
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