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Margaret S
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
Best fika spot: Ofvandahls or Café Linné. Best night spots are at the nations. Don't miss Gamla Uppsala mounds.
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
I lived in Kantorsgatan and would choose it again as it is nice and quiet compared to flogsta. It's only 30 mins walk away from the city.
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Personal comments
The housing office is pretty good, if you're not happy with your room it's quite simple to ask for a new room which you can get straightaway if it's still in the first couple of weeks.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
doing the basic swedish course in august was a good idea, though most swedes speak english, it's nice to be able to read the news or ads.
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Margaret S
Academic
Course recommendations
don't pick too many subjects at first. there were clashes and i ended up skipping half the contents of one subject.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
you're expected to do a lot of independent study so it's good to spend time studying each weekend to keep up.
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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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Margaret S
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Other
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
sweden is an expensive country. also i used to live at home so hardly had to spend money at all compared to here where i have to pay for everything.
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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
always save up/prepare more money than you think you need, because of travels and holidays. also google up "The Helping Hand", a second hand shop down south of Uppsala which sells EVERYTHING!
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Margaret S
Overall
I wish I had known...
how much fun it'd be so i would've applied for a year instead of 6 months!
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
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
if you're thinking of doing an exchange, do! anywhere you go it'll be so much fun but all the more so here.
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