Expenses Reviews
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Michael M
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Government assistance<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Food depends on what you eat. Fast food is a lot cheaper but quality food a lot more expensive.
I did not use my cell phone over there as the cell phone function is replaced by MSN. And for all other calls I used Skypeout (Function in skype where you can call wireline phones very cheap, u only need internet and a headset) Housing is around 500 CAD/month.
Nightlife: A beer is around 4-4,5 CAD, order pitcher for 13 CAD. Cheapest is to take a car with several people. Fuel is very cheap compared to europe. Pay attention where the US highways collect toll. Internet is around 30$/months
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Housing, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Travel, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Don't expecet too much from canadian banking services. They take money for using banking cards and don't provide real online banking. You won't need a bank account there if you have a credit card and a banking card with maestro. Always withdraw great amounts (600CAD) to keep transaction costs low. University material (Case and Textbooks)is expensive like hell, but you cannot do anything about it as they are produced for you personally. Don't buy stuff in variety stores, they are also very expensive. If you smoke, buy cigarets on trips to the us they are cheaper and much better (1 Package Canadian ones are 7,25CAD)
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olivia d
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
THE VARIENCIES OF PRICES VARY A LOT FROM ONE COUNTRY OT ANOTHER. IN CANADA, FOOD WAS PRETTY INEXPENSIVE, EXCEPT PERHAPS ON CAMPUS. AS TO THE OTHER SUBJECT, I SPENT MORE TRAVELING BECAUSE OF THE OPOPRTUNITIES THAT WERE OFFERED TO ME SUCH AS A 5 DAY TRIP TO THE ALGONQUIN PARK, OR CHICAGO, AND SO ON.
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Travel, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD. IT GETS YOU A LOT OF DISCOUNTS.
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Walter B
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
housing was just mroe expensive, travel because i travelled more...
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Travel, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Food:
was the same price as at home.
Nightlife, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
dont take a university mealplan, buy your own food and cook, its better and cheaper
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Katherine I
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Travel less at home and phone calls were much cheaper in host country
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Overall, Housing, Food:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Margit T
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
more money for travelling around and getting to know the host country neighbour countries
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Travel, Overall, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
case books at university are pretty expensive and a must to buy! saving tip: not all the recommended literature has to be bought-concentration on key literature!
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Cyril W
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Canada is more expensive than the Netherlands and on an exchange you want to see a lot from the country and meet people. This costs money.
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Food, Nightlife, Telephone, Travel, Overall, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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