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3.98 / 5 based on 175 reviews
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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 was working as an aupair as I had not get a grant for that year of studies and I could not afford to pay for a room in Sweden!
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Personal comments
It was thanks to my supervisor who helped me to find a family, but it was not through the student union.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, 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
night spots: Compassen, jazz pub during the summer, diesel for concerts, ...
things to do: reggae festival in Halmstad at the begiinning of the summer, tour of öland by bike, Vättern with Gränna and its waterfalls and sweets, Norway in the winter for the cross country skiing and in May for the waterfalls, fjords and national day, Lund and its student life, north of Sweden for the boreale lights in january
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Academic
Course recommendations
a new university, so not the best teachers as mopst are not researchers since a long time but lot of possibilities to create anything and good support froim the teachers in that way!
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
The evaluation system is like in north america where only good things are said, so it is difficult to improve yourself if you only know what is good.
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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...
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
not to fear to take some courses in swedish because the ones in english are not enough.
don´t trust people so much regharding what they are saying, they are trying to be so friendly that sometimes they are promising things they can´t realise.
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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
a good experience but an expensive country, this means that money is quite important here!
people here are trusting more on their social system than on their own family.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
prices are really high but not so much as Norway
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
to work as an au pair means no cost for accomodation and food!
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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: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
swedish people have a really good englsih, this means that it is hard to get motivated to speak swedish if you stay for a short term but this means that it is quite good to improve your englsih.
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