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3.88 / 5 based on 18 reviews
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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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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife: 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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Overall
I wish I had known...
no, I was pretty well informed
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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
the most important reason to go there is certainly the good language education!
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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
You have to be prepared to find out a lot of things for yourself!
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Academic
Course recommendations
would have been useful to join courses of local students, but on the other hand, that would have been very difficult as well.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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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Languages
Language of instruction: Russian
Was learning Russian a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Russian
How much did you improve your Russian?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I made amazing progress in my language skills!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
everyday life in Minsk is very cheap, but I paid my host family a fixed price, which was well above local standards, namely a 250$ a month for accomodation/food.
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Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Overall, Food:
was the same price as at home.
Travel, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
you have to take all cash money from home, there are no cash dispensers. on top of this, you have to get the local valuta via the black market, otherwise you get it at a rate at least 2 times as low
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