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Ulrika J
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
A lot more spent on food since we lived in a big appartment and had some dinners. Also, while sharing an appartment you tend to eat more and better (there is always somebody who feels like cooking). Eating out was also a little more expensive since in Uppsala you can eat cheap at the student nations. Wine (food? Yes, we're in France) and cheese were large spending accounts. Travel...Ireally think you should take the opportunity to see the country that you are in. I would happily spend even more if necessary on travelling.
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Overall, Travel, Nightlife, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Second-hand bedding
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
Cost savings - share an appartment (but with french people if you want to learn French...). You get "Allocation familiale", sort of a housing allowance, from the french government if you are a citizen of the European community. LOTS of administrative work but worth while when you get the money :)
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Francisco D
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Well, the cost of life in the UK is much higher than in France, however there are much more opportunities to have apart time job in the UK than in France, which balances things up a bit.
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Housing, Overall, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone, Food, Nightlife:
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
Accomodation agencies will take a large fee, the French have not yet abandoned the bureaucracy structure in their administration, they are mad about "dossiers" (files) and each dossiers has apparently a cost attached to it. The social security coverage for international students is a joke, you may aswell take a course on bureacracy to get by and get your health pay for (70%) by the French Authorities.
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Cleopatra K
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Great food in france with less "to goes"which is popular in the US.More Good wines and fine dinning which is expensive.
Not so many close friends in France as in the US thus less time on the phone and more time on the internet.Nightlife and Housing in Los Angeles is very expensive. Travel expense is more since there is so much more to see in europe and studying in the South of france i can travel to spain, italy and paris constantly..there is so much to see and do.
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Travel, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Nightlife, Telephone, 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
Apply for a debit card from the host country. Home country banks charge a lumpsum for transaction fee.
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shelley p
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
Government assistance<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
travel costs more to go from country to country (ie uk france) than it would if iwere traveling domestically in the uk (ie uni home). going out is a lot more expensive, but eating is similarly priced and alot cheaper in restaurants. Electricity is expensive but heating is not needed during summer so much, so it works out about the same.
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Telephone, Travel, Overall, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Food:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
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Money from home
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cost saving tips - book travel home well in advance, low cost airlines have minimal "cheap seats" which go quickly
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anonymous
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 because it is a necessity of mine to eat.
Telephone because I was making long distance calls of sorts.
Accomodation because I was living in a house and not on campus.
Nightlife because I was going out a lot to see what Marseille had to offer.
Travel because the bus was my main mode of transport to and from university and into the city centre itself.
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Housing, Travel, Overall, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Food:
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
None that I can think of, apart from the usual plethora of special offers on food items etc.
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kaushal_cool143
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
Personal spending habits
As u r in a foreign country naturally ur expenses are going to differ coz as i am coming from india and it is economically weak and the cost of one euro equals the 45 inidan rupees, so naturally its going to affect.
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Overall, Food, Housing, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Travel:
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
no cost saving tips except u are earning here else all expense giving tips i know.
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