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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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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
At night everybody is going to Darling harbour, you can find their a lot of bars and nightclubs, the famoust one is "home bar". But the wednesday is "Bondi hotel" the best place to go.
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Housing
Type of housing: big house:12 rooms, people from all over the world
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
because it was excellent, I met a lot of people in this house
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Personal comments
I had a really good experience in that house, it´s an easy way to meet people fromall over the world
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Academic
Course recommendations
Courses are very important, but for me the most important and the best way to learn, is with the homeworks.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Maybe to mixt more the international and local students. All my best friends were international students, it´s maybe a pitty that I haven´t met a lot of Australian students.
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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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Languages
Language of instruction: Dutch
Was learning Dutch a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Dutch?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
In the beginning it was not so easy to understand some Australians people (some are speaking with slang). But after 6 months I had no problems anymore.
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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
It´s a really good one, if you have the opportunity to study their, don´t hesitate.
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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
I study in Sydney, but I traveled also around Australia. I visited: Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin, Canberra, Ayers rock. It was amazing, I met so much people. Do it if you have the opportunity.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Food I spend the same, because the prices are quite the same. Telephone less because in the beginning I had nobody to call, at the end I spend much more. Travel is obvious that i spend more in a foreign country. I also travel around Australia.
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
For the mobile phone I recommend to take the operator "Virgin" or "Optus". "Telstra" is the most expensive one.
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