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3.77 / 5 based on 77 reviews
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose:
Why?
Personal comments
it's really handy because it's near the GMIT, and you can go only by walk, and moreover the houses are pretty big...
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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Roisin dubh: nice pub with live concerts nightly
Blue note: soul-jazz funk music inthere, really cool place to have a chat and pints...
De Burgos: it's a cellar, whre you can find the cheapest pints in town!
McSwiggans: huge pub, with a really nice mood, and atree growing inside! It's really hard to find the toilets there...kind of maze!!!
Bazaar: moroccan style pub, not typically irish at all, but there are plenty of couches, and nice decoration.
Couch potatoes: potato restaurant, cheap and really tasty
Conlon's: Fish and chips restaurant, cheap and good
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Academic
Course recommendations
Too much theory
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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...
no...maybe cheap flights with ryan air!
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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
Keep on going this way with accomodations arrangements, it's a kind of student pack, with studies and accomodation included!
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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 have a very good overall opinion about this experience!
If you want to travel, no pb, there are plenty of bus companies providing daily trips around Ireland, for quite a cheap price (£10 average)
Then, inside the University, you have the weekenders society, which a student union, organizing group trips all around Ireland, for really cheap!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Food: here the food is pretty expensive, and without really good quality
Telephone: By opening an account in an Irish bank, I got a free mobile phone, with £50 call offered!
Accomodation: globally, the lifecost in Ireland is higher than at home
Nightlife: more than 200 pubs in Galway, implying many temptations!
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
In order to heat the house, you can't only use electricity, because too expensive, therefore, you have to buy some heating oil, which is pretty expensive as well!!!
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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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
it was really interesting, as you're improving very quickly your english, and learning at the same time some basics of Irish language (Gaelic)
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