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Benjamin D
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Go to Taksim tho the "Hidden Garden" near the Balik Passage. The chill out music and comfortable armchairs.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Living in a private apartment gives you all the freedom you want. You can chose the neighbourhood and area as well as the price class.
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Personal comments
The student dorms for international students are comparably expensive - calculate 2000 $ per semester. The doormen carefully check, if you have guest and they have to register upon arrival.
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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
The university is a comfortabel English bubble. If you don't want to learn Turkish, you don't really have to. If you want to learn Turkish, you have 15 million+ victims outside the campus to practice with...
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
I traveled significantly in the neighbourhood of Turkey, like Syrian, Lebanon, Bulgaria, Greece as well as within Turkey. That's why I spend more money.
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
everything that you know from home is expensive. buy local, if you want it cheap...
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Overall
I wish I had known...
...more prepatory language instructions.
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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
Undertake the necessary reforms to remain among the top universities in Turkey. More debating, more discussions in the class room...
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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
Go to Istanbul, fall in love with the city and the great Bosphorus University and the rest of this wonderful country. Most importantly, remain committed to the painfull reforms and challenges ahead for Turkey...
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Academic
Course recommendations
Talk to as many students as possible about the Professors. Tell them what you want and expect from a good class, don't just ask for "good" and "bad" classes. During the first two weeks, attend as many clases from dusk till dawn to personally evaluate the stuff. As anywhere, the teachers' performance varies greatly.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Teaching takes mostly the form of front-style lecturing. Participation of the students in the undergrade-part is not as high as at my home university. But as always, it student class participation greatly depended on the lecturer.
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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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