Reviews of Larenstein | Netherlands

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ruttaar

Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Agriculture, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Housing

Type of housing: A room exchange

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: A room exchange

Why?

Because I had my own house, I could cook for myself and it was a confortable house

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

It was excelent

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ruttaar

Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Agriculture, Undergraduate, Erasmus

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

There were an special pub for students from the same School as mine, it was cool because i met there with people from my class

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ruttaar

Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Agriculture, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

No tuve ningún problema con el holandes ya que también se habla el inglés, por lo tanto el idioma con el que mantenía conversaciones con los holandeses era el ingés no el holandes

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ruttaar

Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Agriculture, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Expenses

Main source of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Other sources of funding:

An ERASMUS grant

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Because life in Holland is more expensive than Spain

Food, Housing, Travel, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Nightlife, Telephone:

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

No

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ruttaar

Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Agriculture, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Overall

I wish I had known...

in general it was everything new and excellent

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

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

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

You will lern a lot

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

There special reductions called Kortings for students to travell by train. Don´t forget to visit Delf, it´s a very nice city, it´s closed to Amsterdam.

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