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4.24 / 5 based on 243 reviews
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Hillevi P
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Wohngemeinschaft
Why?
Most of the students live in WGs and it's a lot easier to get to know Germans that way.
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Personal comments
Awful... Far away,really old and only exchange students were living there.
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Hillevi P
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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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
Berlin is great... Former east Berlin with areas like Friedrichshein, Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg is where you wanna live AND hang out on weekends.
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Hillevi P
Academic
Course recommendations
Professor Schwalbach's and Prof. Plinke's courses were very good!
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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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Hillevi P
Overall
I wish I had known...
I moved from campus after three weeks so I was ok but I wish I had knomn in advance how to get a WG instead. It is not difficult at all when you know about it.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Go there! You have to experience Berlin!
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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
Don't let the University arrnage with accommodation. Try to get a room in a WG!
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Hillevi P
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Because I wanted to! I ate more often in restaurants aso....
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Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Phoning home is really cheap if you get a special account where you only dial a prefix to your home phone number!
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Hillevi P
Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your German?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
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