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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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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
GO TO JAZZ IN COPENHAGEN!!!!!!!! wonderful!! Fx: "Happy Jazz" and "La Fontaine"
Vega was great as a disco, Tuesday nights at the Kaelderbar at DTU were ALWAYS full of exciting stuff, and DEFINITELY go ice-skating in Copenhagen in the winter.
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Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
I loved my landlady!!! AND the location was RIGHT across the street from school. The bus stop was RIGHT in front of my house, very close to the center of town...PERFECT :-)
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Personal comments
For me it was great...but I saw MANY others who had to move around WAY too often...
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language
How much did you improve your the local language?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
In Denmark EVERYone over the age of 10 and under the age of 85 knew English so instead of getting an opportunity to practice my Danish, all the local people wanted to practice their ENGLISH on me...
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Taxes in Denmark are ridiculously high...
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Food, Telephone, Overall, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Look into long-term passes for transportation.
Buy a bike. that would be even cheaper than public transportation.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Because my home university was just for "undergraduates" while DTU only had a combined undergraduate/graduate program, I made a mistake in choosing some of my classes because I ended up taking courses that were WAY beyond my level but it really could not have been avoided; the set-up up highschool vs. Danish gymnasium and then university is quite different in the two schools/nations.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Make sure you don't goof off during the semester since there's only ONE exam (for most classes) at the end of the course...
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish I would have known how to use the public transportation ahead of time.
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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
GREATLY!! I looooved Denmark, it's people, the school... except for tiny complaints here and there (which EVERYone will have about ANYthing), it was WONDERFUL! ...I'm going back in 7 months! haha!
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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
Look in the newspaper "Politiken" on Tuesdays. GREAT traveling opportunities (really cheap!) are offered.
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