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Laura M
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Cheap food: "Brennessel" Eschholzstr., Spaghetti for DM 3,50!!
Pub: Schlappen, try a "Stiefel" of export!!
Party into the night: StuSie Bar, v. cheap drink!
Feldberg for skiing in the winter, excellent fun!
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Laura M
Housing
Type of housing: Student residence
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Great for meeting new friends and improving language skills.
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Personal comments
If you are at the "Studentensiedlung am Seepark" I would recommend staying in one of the larger flats with 8-12 people per floor. Freiburg have accommodation specifically for international students at "Europa Haus", you may get your own bathroom and kitchen area, however there is no opportunity for meeting native German speakers there.
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Laura M
Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your German?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I owe most of my improvements to my flatmates who helped me with everything from pronounciation to grammar to vocabulary!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Germany is generally much cheaper than Britain for everything. My travel expenses were more because at home I study at my home university and I wanted to travel whilst abroad as getting anywhere from Scotland is expensive.
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Housing, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Banks: Join either Deutsche Bank or Volksbank, I knew several people with problems at Sparkasse, they couldn't use cash machines outwith Freiburg!!!
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Laura M
Academic
Course recommendations
Deutsch als Fremdsprache courses are quite dated, material from the 1970's!
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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
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Registration for health cover in Germany, go to the AOK in Moltkestrasse before you register at the uni and get your papers, this costs you nothing with an E128 form. I didn't know that I needed to have this for registration and the guy at the registration office was pretty rude to me and sent me to the AOK and told me to come back the next day.
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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
Its a brilliant atmosphere, you'll make loads of new friends, give it a go!!
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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 "Bahncard" half price trains throughout Germany. In Italy use a Chilometrico Ticket, very cheap and you can travel for miles!
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