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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, 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
The city core with all the cafes!! The bermuda triangle of bars and bistros.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
One payment that covers all costs, great selection of where to live, able to move every few months to new part of city.
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Personal comments
Great place to meet other students from other countries and meet people from other parts of the host country studying at the university.
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Academic
Course recommendations
A great learning experience
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
It was perfect environment, far way from the city core to focus on studies and interact with other students.
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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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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
determined to learn German, I undertook two intensive language courses. I rememeber most of it and will continue to study.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Better command of the German language.
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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
Wonderful institution to study at, great professors, staff and facilities.
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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
Work hard to put together a class schedule that allows for travel. Meet the other exchange students as soon as possible and as often as you can. Interact with the local population, eating the same foods and going to museums and other attractions
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
I wanted to experience everything that I could, cost was no matter in my ambitions to eat, drink, live and travel in my host country!
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Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Take your budget and multiply it by 1.5!
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