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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Sally O'Briens on Monday, Drie Gezusters, Rumba
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Housing
Type of housing: student house
Arranged by: Home university
If returning, I would choose: student house
Why?
meeting people from diff. cultures is interesting
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Personal comments
I really liked my first student house. Unfortunately it burned down. Thanks to the housing office and the help from the Hanzehogeschool we all have now very new places.
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Academic
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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
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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I liked the courses in English.
I enjoyed learning Dutch.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
that it is so nice. I would have applied for a one year stay in Groningen.
That it is complicated to apply for internships in Germany from here because I need it in my next semester.
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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
If you are German: be prepared that you have do work a lot and especially a lot in teams
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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
See Den Haag. Very nice city.
Buy reduction card for train earliy enough. Do not forget to lock your bike!
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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
food is more expensive.
telephone is more expensive. I had to buy sim card for mobile. nightlife is quite ok if you go to happy hours.i did not travel that much. but train is quite expensive.
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Food, Telephone, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Bikes are really expensive, and you need one in Holland
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