18 reviews
3.88 / 5 based on 18 reviews
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Jennifer L
Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
I had such wonderful experiences living with a family that I wouldn't change anything. I made friends which will last a lifetime and learned much more about the culture than I ever could have done on my own!
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Personal comments
I was initially placed in a dormatory for foreign students which I didn't like at all. It was dirty, far from the University and I had to share a bathroom and a kitchen. Had I stayed there I would have had to buy all of my own dishes and cook all my own meals. A friend's family asked me to come and live with them for the year and it turned out to be a brilliant arrangement.
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Jennifer L
Academic
Course recommendations
Minsk State Linguistic University was very flexible in the courses that it conducted for international students. I needed Political Science courses and they meet that need.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Studying in Minsk can be anything you make it. You have to make the effort and express your needs and desires, they will accommodate you.
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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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akke
Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Home university
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
living in a family gives the opportunity to speak the local language (Russian) all the time, secondly you're joining the family's daily way of living, their culture
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Personal comments
i've met quite a lot of students who lived, and this was organised through university, at a student's house, where accomodation was miserable.
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akke
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife, Activities: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Minsk is not really the place to be for night life, the city is not safe for foreigners. But private parties at local's or fellow foreign students homes were fun enough. Also interesting theater-opera-ballet evenings (very cheap!)
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Jennifer L
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I worked, but it was illegal/cash in hand work
Personal spending habits
Belarus is incredibly cheap in comparrison to American costs. There is a huge economical difference. In addition, there's not much of a selection of things to spend money on there
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Nightlife, Food, Travel, Housing, Telephone, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Jennifer L
Overall
I wish I had known...
Nothing that I can think of.
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
They are not accustomed to having many foreign students except from a few select neighboring countries. They were completely unprepared for me and so I had to initiate a lot of things myself.
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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
Living in Minsk was a wonderful experience. Life there is not easy and they take their academic studies quite seriously so you really need to work if you are going to keep up. The Belarusian people are wonderful and really made my stay there worth-while.
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