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Aneta B
Akademia Ekonomiczna, Krakow, Poland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Sweden is very expensive country comparing to others, especially to Poland.
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Overall, Housing, Travel, Food, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
In general before going there it had to be considered if one can afford to study in Sweden because food, night life and bus/train tickets for travelling are expensive.
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Aneta B
Akademia Ekonomiczna, Krakow, Poland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Academic
Course recommendations
business studies are on teh high level and they are pretty demanding.
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My academic experiences
Quality of courses
Variety of courses
Access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
more events at the university
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
Overall
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Aneta B
Akademia Ekonomiczna, Krakow, Poland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
no
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
3
Culture
3
Costs
2
Activities
2
Campus life
3
Party / people
3
Weather / location
3
Personal recommendation
pretty high level of teaching, modern, access to all university resources, polite administration workers, nice atmosphere
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
3
Improved language skills
3
Met people from other countries
4
Became more independent
3
Partied a lot
3
Experienced a change in life
3
Advanced my studies & career
3
Final comments
for sure if one is going to sweden cannot count on intensive night life in teh city while everything is closed very soon. So mostly parties take place in stident dorms.
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Aneta B
Akademia Ekonomiczna, Krakow, Poland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
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 Swedish a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish
How much did you improve your Swedish?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Did not speak it
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
No need to know swedish language. Advance English is required to be able to communicate and study.
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Aneta B
Akademia Ekonomiczna, Krakow, Poland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
it is very comfortable and it is possible to have more privacy than in student dorm.
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
I was very glad about living conditions.
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Aneta B
Akademia Ekonomiczna, Krakow, Poland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus
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
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
Sweden is very calm and it is hard about interesting entertaing places.
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