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4.14 / 5 based on 221 reviews
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Brutopia, all the cafe around St. Laurent and St. Denis, Vieux-Montreux, Crescent Road, Reubens and Schwartz
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Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
More privacy and able to have friends over at my place without having to be concerned about disturbing others.
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Personal comments
Found it through luck, was recommended by another host family advertised in the student newsletter.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Due to the difference in cost of living between Canada and Thailad, it is only natural that I spent more during my time abroad.
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Telephone, Nightlife, Travel, Overall, Housing, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
Course recommendations
Wished the teachers had been more objective and clearer with their markings and evaluations, particular to international students who may have different grading systems.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Wished there were more interaction between the exchange students and host university students.
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wished I had more time to travel to the suburbs, and got to know the city more instead of hanging around with just the student places, but due to lack of my own transport, this was a problem.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Have a great time and try to know a lot of the local students...then have a blast :)
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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
Go to Burger Kings at the corner of Crescent..for a magical experience!
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Was learning the local language a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language
How much did you improve your the local language?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Since I already spoke English and knew some French, I thought with the shor time span for an exchange program, I would probably be able to improve my French a whole lot more being in Montreal and taking an intensive French class, than if I had gone to another country and had to learn the local language from scratch.
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