228 reviews
3.72 / 5 based on 228 reviews

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marcreudi
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
the Melkweg (for concerts), De Kooi (university's student bar), the Queen's Day, the Vodka Bar...
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Destroyer
, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Study abroad program
Overall
I wish I had known...
That it's so little work and easy
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
If you wanna take it easy and not stress too muh about school Hogeschool is your place.
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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
The school is situated close to Amsterdam and many other nice places. Travelling here is nice and gives opportunities to see great places.
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anonymous
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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It wasn't a problem for me to go to The Netherlands as I spoke the language fluently allready.
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anonymous
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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
The learning of a second language was made very hard due to poor course structure. (french)
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cynthia_zhu
Bin Hai Unibersity, Qingdao, China
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Independent
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife, Travel: 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
I always go to swimming in the night after school, and i also went to L'opera every friday
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yasm
Overall
I wish I had known...
wished I had known more about where we were staying and more about the city so I would know where to go, although it was fun discovering
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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
It takes a very independent, practical rather than theorical approach to education, you learn by doing, which works in ways but also has it's drawbacks.
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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
Make the most of your experience, travel as much as you can, wrap up warm in the winter as it is very windy in the winter! Find out as much as you can about where you are staying so you know where you need to go to get into uni. Research the nearest cities before you visit too.
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