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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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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
2main; brothers on green street; KAMS; hanging out in the backyard and having BBQ
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
it was fine for a student and close to campus
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Personal comments
in general it´s pretty expensive, but on the other hand, I never heard anybody complain about the housing; the apartments where in good condition
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Andreas G
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 had so much contact to local students and teaching-staff, I spoke English for 6 months straight! It was a great experience and I got more fluent and definitely improved my business english.
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Andreas G
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
housing is more expensive in general; I went out much more often than in Vienna; if you are abroad, travelling is a must to get to know the country;
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Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Andreas G
Overall
I wish I had known...
no; my university has a good preparation program which tells you everything you need to know
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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
I don´t have any. It´s perfect;
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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
Since it´s so close to Chicago, you have to drive there as often as possible; the quad is the center of attention and definitely let´s you meet tons of people;
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