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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
You can't miss the different pubs and clubs within the city. They're all quite the same but they are so fun!
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: With some friends
Why?
Because it's incredible to feel your friend's love, if you have the chance to.
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Personal comments
It was great because I had the chance to meet amazing people with whom I still have contact.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Because life cost in UK has always been higher than in Chile. There's almost nothing cheaper in Scotland than in Chile.
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Food, Telephone, Travel, Nightlife, Overall, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
Course recommendations
Make sure aboutb the number of courses the host University requires to be taken during the semester.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Sometimes writing so many essays can be annoying, but it's not that terrible.
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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...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Take advantage on sport activities, there's big and nice gymn where you can work out.
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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
Glasgow is an excellent choice for studying and knowing the scottish culture. If you want to be imbued with scottish spirit I highly recomend you to attend a "Ceilidh", they're extremely fun and you will learn about scottish dance.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It was awesome to feel the interaction with other native speakers. Just have to be aware of the accent, but it's not difficult.
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