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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: 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
Sally's, Blarneys and spin for night clubs/drinks were always good fun. Uptown was the hot spot with the independent, chino latinos and tonic. Dinkytown has good restaurants (Loring pasta bar).
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
On campus housing was fine and everything was pretty close. The downside was the immense cost and the strict rules. I would recommend coming 1-2 weeks earlier and looking for either appartment style housing or contact an outgoing exchange student for a sublease agreement of his/her flat.
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Personal comments
Very clean, spacious, well equipped appartment style on campus facility (Riverbend Commons). Very safe: 24h guards, keycards, locks on ever individual room. There is a computer lab and TV room, broadband internet in every room.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Try to get into the MBA courses. They are excellent, demanding and provide good insight in the US business world.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Choose MBA courses, they are way better than undergrad courses (with the exception of the futures course with Rick Nelson)
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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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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: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I had no major language problems, only some financial terms were new to me.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
How minus 40 degrees celsius really felt...
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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 Carlson School is a very good business school, try to do as many courses you can and always do the assignments/readings for them.
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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
The exchange couldn't have been better. I met many interesting people from all over the world. Plan ahead, because time passes very quickly on an exchange (especially travel). Travel much and don't hesitate to approach others - they are mostly very friendly and open minded.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Food was more expensive than in my home town and supermarkets were hard to reach. I met many new people so I wnet out a lot (not more expensive than home). I also travelled a lot, prices were slightly lower than at home.
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Food, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Don't wire transfer money to the US. There are hefty penalties for overdrafting a US bak account. Get a US credit card for cheap online offers (they usually require US ZIP codes). Take a meal plan, it is way cheaper.
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