I spent more in traveling because I took advantage of the fact of being in center of Europe to travel in that region and to visit my Portuguese friends who were in Erasmus in the surrounding countries. I spent more in housing because in my home country I living in my own home.
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Housing, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Nightlife, Overall:
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
Before leaving your home country, be sure you have access to your bank accounts through the direct channels (internet and phone).
I didn't use telephone because we were in contact by MSN.
In my homeplace i do not have to pay a housing because i live with my parents, and i don't travel so much as i did during the year i spent in Leuven.
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Housing, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
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
the water bill at the end of the year was too high!!! if anyone goes there: chose a housing where water costs are included!!
At home I live with my parents which means I'm not directly responsible for costs associated with food, telephone and accommodation. Concerning travel, I benefited from being in Belgium and hence centrally placed in Europe, to travel Both within Belgium and outside it - to Germany and to the Czech Republic.
Food: I love cooking and the food was expensive.
Telephone: I did not have to use it a lot.
Accomodattion: It was expensive.
Nightlife: Erasmus is a great experience in all the categories.
Travel:I tried to visit the most countries around I could.
Overall: There is not much more!
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
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
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Jennifer V
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States History, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
A private grant
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
consumption of each category changed from when I lived at home (I traveled and socialized much more)
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Telephone, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Housing, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Second-hand bedding
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
clothing (especially poor quality) was much more expensive than at home. Pricier to buy casual tees, jeans, etc.
The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven can look back upon six centuries of history. On 9th December 1425 Pope Martin V conferred upon it the bull of foundation, thereby making it the oldest university in the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university in the world.
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