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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel, Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
I'm still here for two weeks, but till now i really enjoyed the thompson house at Mcgill and some of the bars at Saint-Laurent. This is one long street were a lot of bars and clubs are located. Besides this, eating in St-Denis in one of the bring-your-own-wine is really fun.
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Housing
Type of housing: sublet, lived with three guys together
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose:
Why?
At McGill there isn't ant on-campus housing offered for exchange-students, so subletting a room is the best way to come in contact with local people.
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Personal comments
See comments at 4
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Benjamin T
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
When your on an exchange you want to discover the city, and the nice places by which it is surrounded. I visited for example New York, Quebec City and Toronto. At the end of March I'll probably also visit Ottowa and Toronto. And for the higher nightlife expenses. Montreal really has a lot to offer.
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Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
I couldn't answer question 3 proper, because I'm still right in the middle of the exchange. But I must say that I like the essays and projects during the courses. The same is true for the exams. I think that students are more focused when exams and essays are given during the course instead of at the end
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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...
No, I'm totally satisfied with my experience in Canada
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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
Great university, with tremendous diversity of different cultures and 'state-of-the-art' facilities. I'm sure that every student from this university will say the same. So, if you have the opportunity to study at McGill you should really grabe it!
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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
Try to experience it really intense, because before you know your time as an exchange student is gone.
Soem practical advice. With the international student indentity card (ISIC) you recieve discounts on a lot of items.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Montreal is part of Quebec. The people in Montreal speak French, but in another way then I have learned. It's more of a dialect, that in my opinion doesn't sounds as nice as the 'proper' utilisation of the french language.
I really want to improve my language skills in French, so when I get the change I try to speak French with a local. Besides this, I followed for 7 weeks a intensive language course, and from 14-3 I'll start a communication course. Both in French of course, at an institute called YMCA.
Before departure I already followed classes in english. I can honestly say that I control this language.
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