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3.84 / 5 based on 133 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel, Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Sportsacfe next to Picadilly Circus is a must. Mondays: £1 for drinks, Tuesdays: £1 for a Carlsberg.
Yates's at Leicester Square. Just nice people and good atmosphere. Dress lighjt - it's very hot.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
You have the privacy a young independent student wants in order to study seriously. Also if you want to manage things on your own.
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Personal comments
Don't know much aboput it since I stayed in a flat. But I know the people on campus were fond of it.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
First of all because monthly travel cards are twice the cost as in Denmark. And secondly because I have saved a lot of money and have not been cheap on anything. Wanted to live life!
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Food, Housing, Overall, Telephone, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
yes, the cost of monthly travel cards and how much you money you spent on your mobile.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Choose more than you have to and then when you have tried them the first week. Select the ones you like the best!
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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...
Yes, the unseriousness about the school. Lack of organisation and that the teachers do not demand anything from the students
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
If you want to relax - go there. If you want serious studying - don't.
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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
I met the nicest people there. Also exchange student and that saved my entire stay... I accepted the unseriousness of the school. It seems a bit unorganised at first but it pretty much ok. The best time of my life all in all.
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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
I speek Englsh very well and had no problems at all
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