Expenses Reviews
4.45 / 5 based on 75 reviews
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Christopher T
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Food, housing, nightlife, and travel are cheaper in Brazil than in the U.S. However, all types of telefone usage are more expensive, and my tuition in the university was about the same as what I paid in the U.S.
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Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Food, Housing, Travel, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
I ended up paying about %15 more for tuition towards the end of my stay due to changes in the exchange rate between the American Dollar and Brazilian Real. Because of the fact that my university did not have a program with the university that I chose in Brazil, I was paying tuition directly to the Brazilian university, month by month. I would recommend trying to study abroad through a university in your home country in which you continue to pay your regular, home university's tuition in order to avoid exhange rate fluctuations.
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Jérôme D
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Because I did more things in those categories. Usualy, life is cheaper in Brasil than in France.
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Overall, Travel, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, 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
Go to HSBC or Banco do Brasil to have cash with a mastercard international card. Go to Bradeso or Banco do Brasil with a visa international card
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carpintero
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
I went out more in the night and I traveled to know the country.
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Travel, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Try to cook yourself more often to save money
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Cláudia T
Instituto Superior de Comunicação Empresarial, Lisboa, Portugal
Public Relations / Publicity / Advertising, Graduate, University Agreement
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
I had to pay for an appartment and Rio as much more nightlife.
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Overall, Housing, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
In the beggining everything looks very cheap...
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Dee C
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Because of the the current exchange rate between the U.S. and Brazil.
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Nightlife, Travel, Housing, Food, Overall, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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enguyen
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
the brazilian currency was weak.
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Nightlife, Travel, Food, Overall, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
take a look at the currencies´values
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