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Marta K
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
people who lived in student residences complained about the lack of privacy
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Personal comments
Before I came to the Netherlands the University did NOT arrange anything for me. It is VERY HARD to find a place by yourself here (the Dutch wait for rooms for even 2 years on waiting lists)!!! But I was VERY LUCKU - I won the right to rent my room at a room lottery organized by the UvA. And some other people got their places arranged by the coordinators - so in the end it was not THAT bad - but I had been very worried that I wouldn't find anything!
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
pub: Tara (Irish Pub), club: Melkweg, Paradiso
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Overall
I wish I had known...
that it RAINS SO MUC HERE!!!!!
get yourself a BIG lock for your bike (and don't get too emotionally attached to it ;-) - it will probably get stolen anyway). Tyre replacement is VERY expensive (more expensive than second hand bikes sometimes!!!
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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
The facilities are OK. but I must say I expected a bit more as far as academic life was concerned
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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
go to Delft & Leiden. DON'T go to Rotterdam (unless you want to see a socialist city "modernized" a bit - STRANGE! & depressing)
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Academic
Course recommendations
you can choose courses also from other faculties (I was a student of the Economics & Econometrics faculty, but I took most of my classes at the International School for Humanities & Social Sciences)
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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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Marta K
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
it's HARD to learn Dutch here - because even if you try to speak it, the Dutch reply in English (almost everyone speaks it here - if you don't speak Dutch you can only have problems in the suburbs/poorer districts - where the immigrants live - they do not ALWAYS speak English)
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
the "industrial goods" (clothes etc. are the same price as at home) - only the food is more expensive + you always spend more on nightlife when you're on exchange...
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
get yourself a DUTCH bank account (they require transfers very often!!!), COPY the books (that costs less than 10% of original copy)
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