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Stephanie B
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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Since all the Icelanders speak English, in the end, I was too lazy to make the effort to speak Icelandic - should have worked on that...
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Academic
Course recommendations
You will change the courses you´re expecting to do because either something else interests you more or the courses just collide, if they´re not from the same field.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
There should be more courses in English.
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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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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
I hardly ever called people, since Reykjavík is so little, you just meet people in the street. And why did I spent more? Because it is so expensive here!!
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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
I didn´t have any big surprises, since I was quite well informed about the price level. The only problem was that for 2 months, the Euro was very low compared to the Icelandic krona - but that, I couldn´t predict. People should be aware that they´ll have to pay a caution on arrival, which with all the other expenses will make it a hard month.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
That I would enjoy it so much, that I might have chosen to stay for a year instead of a 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
It is very tiny and a bit unorganised, but overall very OK.
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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
If you´re going for the wintersemester, try on one hand to go earlier and make a tour through Iceland in Summer and on the other hand get to go to the Erasmus Intensive Language Course - it is free for Erasmus students, you get a scholarship for it, you learn the basics of Icelandic, you meet a lot of people who are staying there too and there will be more organised trips. I was glad I did it that way, because there are few opportunities to travel during the semester.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
The house was very comfortable and I was living together with 12 other exchange students from all over Europe and with different fields of studies. It was thus very interesting and funny, like in the french movie "L´auberge espagnole"
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Well, going out in Reykjavík is easy, since everything happens on the main street Laugavegur; there, all the bars are next to one another, which makes it easy to switch. My favs were 22, 11, Kaffibarinn and Sirkus.
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