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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Joes Brewery, Murphy's Bar The White Horse Inn, and Legends Bar
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
So I could have more freedom.
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Personal comments
The dorms were OK, mine was smallish. The ones without A/C got very hot in the summer.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
I had to support myself more.
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
The Aussie dollar was very low. Very easy to find a job.
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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
Fine, mostly. However sometimes I had to repeat myself or explain what I was saying. The Yankees really like Aussie slang.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I would have stayed longer.
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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
Great music school, kind of isolated location, but you'll have a blast.
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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 on weekend trips. Chicago, ST Louis, Indianapolis 3hrs away- then go further south.
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Academic
Course recommendations
History of Opera was a little dull. Ethnomusicology Korea and Japan was very slow.
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Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
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