Reviews of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Germany

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spcallah

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, United States
Political Science, Undergraduate, International Education of Studnets (IES)

Housing

Type of housing: A room exchange

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House

Why?

Since I just rented a room in a appartment, if I were to go back I would want my own appartment. I did have full run of the appartment, but I think it would be better to have my own place.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

pretty good, my program IES was the one who found the students places to live.

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spcallah

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, United States
Political Science, Undergraduate, International Education of Studnets (IES)

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Nightlife, Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

Curandaro's, its a mexican resturant and bar with the best cocktails in Berlin!

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spcallah

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, United States
Political Science, Undergraduate, International Education of Studnets (IES)

Languages

Language of instruction: German

Was learning German a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my German

How much did you improve your German?

My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

It was hard to meet germans at first, but as soon as you became friends with them it was easier to pick up more vocab and slang. Hanging around with Americans too much will hurt your german.

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spcallah

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, United States
Political Science, Undergraduate, International Education of Studnets (IES)

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

Family<br> Government assistance

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

Living in Germany gave me so many more opportunities to travel throughout Europe. One can't travel or live without spending money.

Nightlife, Travel, Overall, Telephone:

was more expensive than at home.

Food:

was the same price as at home.

Housing:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

cell phones are good, allow people to get intouch with you anywhere, not too expensive either. Look for the special numbers that the phone companies have that give you special rates to the US, they are definitely worth it. It's much cheaper to call home than it is for people in the US to call ther

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spcallah

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, United States
Political Science, Undergraduate, International Education of Studnets (IES)

Overall

I wish I had known...

bring an extra bag for the stuff that you need to bring home.

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

4

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Keep allowing international students, it helps spread culture.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Make sure you are social, that is the real way to learn the culture and the language. Television and radio helped me a lot with idoms and slang, its good to have one of each.

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