Indiana University (IUB)

If you want to have more to do with other foreign and host country students, choose a dorm. However, in an apartment (even if shared) it's more comfortable. However, the apts are often off-campus,so choose the location strategically in terms of the bus lines..

The dollar was really strong that time, which made nearly everything costly. Most of my phone calls were local, which were free. Nightlife became costly because living off-campus, you need transportation home. Night busses didn't run our way at night and they were few, so taxi was about the only option. You can travel short distances by renting a car (gas wasn't expensive) but internal flights are costly and distances are huge. I recomment driving to Chicago and Indy, at least. The Int'l Center arranged Indy shopping trips too.

One needs to be very active to get in contact with the local students, they don't have a very big interest in trying to get to know exchange students

The university is OK, there are a lot of students in town (I guess they outnumber the people who live in Bton permanently). A lot of faculties, a lot of museums, the campus is quite green and nice looking, a good recreational center for sports. The nightlife could be better.

Ask the international coordinator at IU for advise about courses and well-liked professors.

Prepare to work! The work load seems hard, but I was surprised how well did measured against the university's own students.