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ronaldwolf
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Get tickets for musicals for half-price at Leicester Square. (near Burger King), but the best place is the Tkts office,
The pub on Leicester square in the Capital FM house is nice for going out,
a good place is the 'Salsa' club on the road that leads from Leicester Square to Tottenham Court Road. If you walk in this direction the club will be on the right hand side.
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ronaldwolf
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: In North London, definately not in South East Lond
Why?
Because it takes 2 hours to arrive in London and two hours to go back. Southeast london is a rundown area and unpleasant. And there are no real shops
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Personal comments
Housing was alright, but the location was bad. My recomendation is to live in the Maritime Greenwich campus (1 hour to go to central london), 2nd choice Avery Hill campus (2 hours) but definately not Chatham. Tell the person at the accomodation office that you want to share a flat with quiet people
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ronaldwolf
Academic
Course recommendations
The whole university is not to be recommended. It is very much below German standards. In England there is a difference concerning the quality of the Universities. Go to a university that is part of the university of london (Greenwich is not) and go for a prestigious university.
All of my teachers in biology made mistakes and all of them with the expetion of one only waffled during the 'lecture' hardly giving any real information and that information contained mistakes.
In the laboratory the assistants screamed at students regularly and the atmosphere was very unpleasant.
After every day I had been at univerisity I felt that I had waisted the day. I had not learned anything and I was unhappy. Overall the level was very low.
Social life on campus was fun but it's the same at other campuses (as I have found out).
To give you examples of the mistakes:
I had to calculate the molar mass and handed in a correct solution. The work was marked wrong and the lecturer actually did not know how to make thecalculations. (Admitted by the head of school)
There are 4 different bases in the DNA. According to an arab lecturer of mine there would be 3. Seriously
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
I didn't see improvements during my time there.
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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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ronaldwolf
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
No problems, the accents of the Englishmen can be interesting
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ronaldwolf
Overall
I wish I had known...
That the university can not actually be called a univeristy, that its location is remote. That there is a significant difference between the individual univeristies and that the univeristiy rating by the newspaper the Guardian is not off. (it was bad for greenwich)
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In my opinion:
Stay home.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Don't go there
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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
Get a student travel card from the student union, it will make travel cheaper. Buy long-term travelcards or at least day travelcards, you can also go by bus with them.
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ronaldwolf
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Food is incredibly expensive. Eating out is not much more expensive than cooking for yourself. Snacks like sandwiches are 3 pounds and are not great quality, 2 Chicken breast fillets are 13 pounds, There was no telephone provided by the univeristy and I had to use a mobile with a calling card. The bill could be 200 pounds a month. I strongly recommend using the internet (for which access is provided) and a software that allows you to make phone calls to a telephone. A Day travel card cost 5.20 pounds, Nightlife: Entry to a venue is 5-10 pounds
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Not all cash machines accept foreign credit cards.
When I tried to maximise the withdrawal from my credit card and tried something like: withdraw 330 pounds -> no, 320 pounds -> no, 300 punds ->yes 310 pounds -> you can not withdraw cash. There is a limited number of failed attempts to withdraw cash and it does not work for the whole day if the number is exceeded.
Always keep cash for an emergency
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