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Logement
Type de logement: Appartement/maison
Organisé par: Indépenant - choix personnel
Si j'y retournais je choisirais: Appartement/maison
Pourquoi?
I heard the accomodation on campus was really bad
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Vie étudiante
Description de la ville:
Tous se passe hors campus
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Voyager: A lieu surtout en hors campus
Activités, Vie nocturne: A lieu autant sur le campus et en dehors
Expérience personnelle de vie sociale
Commentaire personnel
The bars around "Bourse" area (such as "Mapamundo") in the center of the city are the best. There are no real good night clubs apart from "Who'sWho's", which is near "Grand'Place" and there's "The Fuse" which is alright but not that great. The nightlife is quiet in Brussels, you should go to Antwerp to party! My favourite places were the Irish pubs ("O'Reily's" near the Bourse)
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Évaluation globale
Si j'avais su
That the only way you can get close to locals is by either by being one yourself (not possible) or by downing as many bottles of beers as possible to get their respect (grow up??!!)
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A mon avis:
Ne perds pas ton temps
Critères importants pour mon choix
(1) Aucune importance – (4) Très important
Recommandation personnelle
I did not seek the opportunity to go to Brussels, the opportunity came to me. I shortened my stay there because it lacked interest... The courses are not great, you don't get to interact much with students unless you go through all sort of rituals called the "baptism" (baptême) in the beginning of the year... It's ridiculous: you have to drink until you're sick, eat things without knowing what they are, and do things you don't necessarily want to do... It's worse if you're female (which I am). All this grossed me out right from the start and even if I made friends with other international students (who were just as disgusted as I was!!), the whole point of being in a foreign country is to get to know the locals and interact with them. It's not at the university that you get to do this.
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Pendant mon expérience à l'étranger j'ai...
(1) Jaimais – (4) Très souvent
Appréhendé une autre culture
Accru mes compétences linguistiques
Rencontré des gens d'autres pays
Amélioré mes possibilités de carrière
Derniers commentaires
Brussels is great for travelling. You can go nearly anywhere in Europe for the weekend. Beware of the Belgian bureaucracy, it's absolutely hopeless! It's a priority to be fluent in French or you can easily get into a mess. My example: I never received my student visa, only a student card. So, I had problems with the police who had lost my file records. They said they would send my residence/visa card but they never did, so I was an illegal resident of Belgium for my entire stay there!!! It's ok if you are a European Union student (you don't need a visa) but if you're not - - good luck!!! Luckily I speak French and had my ULB student card to prove I was allowed to be there, but I don't think such a thing would happen in another country... Working is supposed to be illegal for students but you can easily find jobs anyway. There's a good English community in Brussels so you can easily get to know English people. Although you have to make the effort to interact with people or else you'll get lonely. Brussels is a highly cultural city, the beer is good and so are the chocolates, and it really is the heart of Europe. However, it's more of a quiet place therefore not a great student city and the weather is absolutely horrible.
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Frais
Principale source de financement:
Famille
Autres sources de financement:
aucun
Opportunités d'emploi:
Je n'avais pas le droit de travailler
Dépenses habituelles
Taxis are very expensive in Brussels.
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Téléphone, Voyager:
Plus cher que chez moi
Alimentation, Logement, Général:
Aussi cher que chez moi
Vie nocturne:
Moins cher que chez moi
Accès au matériel scolaire
Démarches administratives
Commentaire personnel
Buy your food at local grocer's, not in big supermarkets, you'll save a lot of money like this!
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Philosophie, Licence, Indépendant
Études
Recommandations de cours
I had the impression I was receiving a biased education (the professors would only approach certain topics and not others) which something I did not appreciate at all...
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Mon expérience académique
Accès à différentes ressources
Intéraction avec les professeurs
Intéraction avec les étudiants étrangers
Intéraction avec les étudiants locaux
Commentaire personnel
There is such a difference between the classes and professors. Some classes are easy, some really hard. The exams are really tough. There's a huge percentage of drop-outs (50% in year 1!!) and I understand why... The first series of exams are almost too easy, which leaves you with the wrong impression... The second series of exams are so hard - - you better have everything covered for them or you'll fail! You have to be really motivated to get through it all with a high mark... The French education system is very different to the Anglo-saxon one so it's not necessarily easy to adapt. It's definitely a challenge.
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Mon avis sur l'évaluation
Examens au cours du trimestre
Travaux et projets finaux
Travaux et projets pendant le cours
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Langues étrangères
Langue d'enseignement: Français
Apprendre le Français fut un élément important de la décision?
Non, pas vraiment.
Difficultés linguistiques
Commentaire personnel
Everything is in French so you better be fluent!
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English
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