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3.98 / 5 based on 322 reviews

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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
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Academic
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
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Overall
I wish I had known...
anything really, I knew basically what to expect from being a student in London.
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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
It is a very good university , with very good teachers and a very open environment.
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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
Do most of your international student life and take any chance to benefit from it.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
because all prices in Romania, which is an emerging maket which is fighting with a big hyperinflation, are much smaller then in London.
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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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: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
at the beginning it was quite difficult to understand different language accents other collegs from my university and teachers were having but short time later this was not a problem anymore and I can say that, now, I can understand almost any language accent and I can communicate easily with everybody.
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