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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Fells Point is the place to be! Green Turtle
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Because the campus is the place where everybody is. That's where it happens, you make new friends, get together with fellow classmates, you eat, etc.
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Personal comments
The housing wasn't ranked in the Time magazine top-10 of 2003 university dorms for nothing. They were great! Large space, clean and the facilities were also very good.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
because it was my experience abroad. While you are there, you want to do and see some stuff, travel around.
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Overall, Telephone, Housing, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
try making friends and stay at their home, you'll have a good time and it is cheap. Don't feel like you're taking advantage because they just like internationals around.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Do what is in your interest. The variety can be a problem but if you pick the right courses, they are very good and the teachers are exceptionally good.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
No, academically it was all extremely well organized for me.
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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...
No, I pretty much prepared well and for those things that no preparation could be made, I just let it come my way and saw what happened
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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
just go and have a good time.
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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
close to philadelphia, Washington DC and New York! Travel! stay at the YMCA or at friends, just go!
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Because a large part of my academic life in the Netherlands is in English as well, but although I didn't perticularly focus on it, my use of English further developed for the better.
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