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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
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Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: find own apartment
Why?
University SSH (Short stay Housing) was horrible. Exspensive, dirty, unfriendly, and unreliable.
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Personal comments
University SSH (Short stay Housing) was horrible. Exspensive, dirty, unfriendly, and unreliable.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Good professors, horrible administration.
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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
International students would beniefit from an improved administration. For the most part, the University was careless, lazy, and typically on vacation, or at lunch the majority of the time.
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Academic
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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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Immigration corrspondence was entirely in Dutch....Significant problems appeared. The University was of little help, and at times counter productive, in solving these problems.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
Personal spending habits
Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
SSH (Utrecht Student Housing) is a rip-off. Dont buy any bokks until you are certain they are the correct books, and they will actually be used in the class.
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