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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Paard Van Troje on Thurday's. Club Eleven in
Amsterdam (the best one ever!)
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: In the same house
Why?
Because my bedroom was very big,I lived next to the beach and my housemates were very nice.
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Personal comments
Some good locations but extremely expensive
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I worked, but it was illegal/cash in hand work
Personal spending habits
Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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Academic
Course recommendations
Marketing Communications and New Media Design
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
That it was going to be the best year of my life and that I was going to find my tru love :)
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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
Don't study, just write clearly: excnage student (Spain) and enjoy!
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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
Travel as much as you can. I really recommend you Belgium and Berlin! And go out in Amsterdam!
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Although the local language is Dutch, you can live in the Netherlands without any problem just speaking English
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