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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
La Douche! The only place where there was music besides the 80's and 90's.
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Panagiota B
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
It would give more opportunity to meet students from the host university.
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Personal comments
Although the room and facilities were sufficient, there was lack of an area within the building to meet one and other. The location was great thought, only 10 min from the center by foot!
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Panagiota B
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Most of the facilities are much more expensive than in the Netherlands.
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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
A car is a must. Even your day to day shopping become very expensive when do not have any transport.
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Panagiota B
Academic
Course recommendations
Althought I felt the level was lower than at my homeuniversity, theory was more demanding.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
The set up for interaction between french and international students should be better organised. Being a freemover it would have been easier to have somebody by your side that knows the system of the school.
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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...
The expenses and the fact that La Rochelle is a city with only 50.000 inhabitants. Coming from a big city it can be hard to adjust. This is also the reason why having a car makes it easy. The city is small and in order to explore the surroundings(which are beautifull) a car is needed. The public transport are active only untill 20.00.
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Make sure you receive all the information about the possible courses before you go there. It saves a lot of insecureness.
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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
La Rochelle a nice medieval city at the coast of the Atlantic ocean.
You will experience the French language and if you stay a whole year you will experience the French culture.
People are polite but make some extra effort to meet the locals, they know where the good parties are.
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Panagiota B
Languages
Language of instruction: French
Was learning French a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your French?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Due to the fact that most courses were in French(local language), my French has improved a lot.
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