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3.94 / 5 based on 111 reviews
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silvie
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
England (I guess especially the south around London) is expensiv. I travelled more than I do 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
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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
could speak english fluently before I left. Thats why I chose to go to england, did not have to spend my time learning the language
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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
academic level not as high as in switzerland but great university life on campus, not much contact with english students, international environement
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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
England is even more expensive than Switzerland
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Academic
Course recommendations
different than in switzerland, less hours of classes, you spend more time in the library etc. working on your own, writing essays, hardly an contact to english students (much younger, no interest in international sudents, I had to redo the whole half year at my home university because the system is so different
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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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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
pubs in reading centre, our on pub at the students hall, party every night at the union
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
i could cook for myself and not have all my meals prepared at the students hall
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Personal comments
student's hall with 450 rooms, built in the 1960's: dark and small rooms, long corridors, food was not very good, but good to be on campus as an exchange student, a lot of international students
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