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4.04 / 5 based on 32 reviews
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
its cheap and friendly and happy
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Personal comments
much better than in the UK!
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Travel, Nightlife: 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
jazz club under Hotel Molde (seasonal)
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Academic
Course recommendations
Teachers often just follow the book nearly word for word, so why go to class? Teachers are not qualified teachers nor are often experts in their fields. Most have no teaching qualifications nor doctorate degrees. They have an open door policy to visit yet will never show concern for students acadmic progress or lot in general.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
The 4-6 hour exams worth 100% of the grade are not a good idea. Unfortunately that is the norm in Norway. Having a more spread out evaluation with projects and or papers that are assessed and lessening influence of final exam would be much better. More needs to be done on real life situations rather than just reading the book. This is also a "typical" Norwegian academic problem.
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
Bring spikes for shoes in winter time, very icey!!
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Very relaxed and casual atmosphere at school... and very very clean, modern and safe place. Very pretty scenery. Quiet small town atmosphere. Teachers could have better training! and not use the book so much!! Computer access and internet is 5 star!!! Bring your digital camera and lots of blank CDs!!
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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
Stay at Kvam dormitories if you want to just study and be close to school. Stay at Rimo if you want to be sociable and have close access to night life and the town. Rimo is a 15 minute bike ride from school (30 min. walk). All around pretty good. Cold in winter so bring good snow boots, hats and gloves!!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Accomodation is much cheaper than central London where I was staying before. But food and other expenses are more expensive so perhaps it evens out???
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Food, Travel, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Bring lots of beer and spirits otherwise you will go bankrupt!!! Everything in the shop was generally more expensive than UK.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I am awful at learning languages, need more dicipline and practice! Knowing English helps A LOT!
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