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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
arena; dj sol; QUEENSDAY (30th of April)
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Housing
Type of housing: Dorm
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Dorm
Why?
Personal comments
many of the other students did not get their final accomodation until the third week; until then they had to live at other families
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
going to bars, clubs and coffee shops...
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Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
you can save money or have a great time there
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Languages
Language of instruction: Dutch
Was learning Dutch a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Dutch?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
defenitely supported my language skills; learning dutch in amsterdam is almost impossible, since everyone speaks english there and people dont answer you in dutch when you try to ask them in dutch
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Overall
I wish I had known...
one attrative aspect of this exchange program is the uncertainty what lies ahead
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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
you dont go to ams for academic purposes
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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
try to get a dorm downtown - the vu has a dorm close to the university, but its a pain in the butt to get to clubs. however, there were a lot of parties at the hospitium.
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lionelhutz
Academic
Course recommendations
strong business related courses due to practitioners (e.g. government regulation of business; internaitonal company law)
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My academic experiences
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Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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