Expenses Reviews
4.32 / 5 based on 133 reviews
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Derek B
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Food at hawker centers is cheaper but if you go to a normal restaurant, expect to pay typical American prices. Alcohol is fairly expensive (sin tax). Phone is reasonable if you get a pre-paid plan with minutes and use wifi (whatsapp, etc.) for most of your communication.
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Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Travel, Food, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Nothing surprising. The more you do, the more you'll spend. MRT/Bus are reasonable cost-wise but the costs do add up.
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Frederic W
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
When doing an exchange, one gets to know many people, so one goes out more often. Singapore is also a good place to travel around in very cheap South-East Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand...
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Travel, Nightlife, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Only currency exchange-rate sometimes gives valuable extra-purchasing power.
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Elodie C
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Food: really not expensive (except if you really want to eat Western food).
Nightlife, travel: I wanted to take advantage of being in Singapore to meet other persons, to travel, to discover and understand better the culture.
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Travel, Overall, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Lauri K
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
The nighlife is as costly as its in Finland, and sometimes even more. But that is why there is Malaysia ;-)
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Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel, Food, Overall, Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Books are _very_ cheap. Sending stuff back home seems to be very cheap for europeans... exept for Finnish :-P
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Rebecca B
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Travelling was frequent due to location so individual trips were frequent but an accumulation does not make them cheap.
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Overall, Nightlife, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Being cluster leader gave you a 10% rebate on your hostel fees.
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Marc G
Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Clubbing in Singapore is great, but expensive. Everything else is cheap.
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Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Housing, Overall, Travel, Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Bring in duty free alcohol at every chance you get.
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