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4.19 / 5 based on 63 reviews
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Imad M
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Medical Sciences, Undergraduate, Independent
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Spring garden rd has an amazing night life. The waterfront is great. For your shopping needs or to watch a movie go to Bayer's Lake. Oh btw the city has a good bus system so you can take buses to nearly everywhere in the city.
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Imad M
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Medical Sciences, Undergraduate, Independent
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
To be closer to the school and be surrounded with students. (not that you wouldn't be anyways since Halifax is virtually made for uni. students)
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Personal comments
It was clean,affordable, nothing bad about it really.
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Imad M
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Medical Sciences, Undergraduate, Independent
Overall
I wish I had known...
NO SHOPPING ON SUNDAY!!! Kind of weird really. A city of 400k trying to act like a small town. Ya i know it isn't THAT big but still.
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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'll love it. Make sure to try and meet people early on, it really helps. Also if your looking for on-campus jobs you should go around to all the proffs. within 2weeks or so.
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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
Basically you'll love it. As i said before it's a nice student oriented city. Good transit system. Decent mall, great nightlife. Good education especially in sciences. The local students say that Dal is generally for science students while St. Mary's is a Ars/commerce school. Final statment: You won't regreat it.
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Imad M
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Medical Sciences, Undergraduate, Independent
Academic
Course recommendations
Lots of courses to choose from so you tend to get what you want.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Keep on task, the hardest part is to try and keep focused on your studies. With tons of stuff to do and places to go you have to make important choices.
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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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Imad M
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Medical Sciences, Undergraduate, Independent
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Easy-i already spoke english
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Imad M
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Medical Sciences, Undergraduate, Independent
Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
Personal spending habits
Nightlife, Housing, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone, Travel, Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
umm...check out www.hfx4sale.com it's a local site where people post everything from employment to cars for sale.
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