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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Travel, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Chet Baker Caffé and Le stanze, both unforgettable
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
because the experience of living with people from all over the planet all together was amazing
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Personal comments
The housing wasn't with Bologna's University but with SAIS (related to J.H. University. A building full of studients from many conuntries, just perfect to understand how different things are on depending where you are from
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
'cause the cost of living in Bologna is really expensive in comparison with my town
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Housing, Overall, Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Food:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
you need to open an account in Italian Banks to have no trouble
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Academic
Course recommendations
be patient with closed people
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
try to do as much as possible
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
not really, i love to improve day by day
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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
Try to check who are the teachers who really like the Erasmus Community (i felt some xenophobia in some of the teachers)
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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
I wrote a report to the EU when i came back about all the Erasmus Experience, and but some bad experience with xenophobia at the faculty, the rest of it was the best experience in my whole life
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Languages
Language of instruction: Italian
Was learning Italian a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Italian
How much did you improve your Italian?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
i loved italian before i went to Italy and before i learnt it, and working at the complany i worked fot gave the chance to improve still more my italian and english (most of the time the english was the job language)
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