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3.99 / 5 based on 163 reviews

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Tomppi
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Discos: The Heat
Pubs: The city is full of pubs
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Jayme A
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
English was the first language which is also mine so it was EASY!! You have to get to know the slang terms though because they can sometimes throw you off!!
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Seann T
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Residence was ok, but communal living is a challange!
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Personal comments
The halls of residnece at Monash are great, close to school, good atmosphere, lots of activites, but there is no privacy and you are a long way from the city
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Marco B
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: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
When you will fully understand an aussie then you will get anyone from any english country . the experience there basically made me bilingual.
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Christopher
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Closer to the city. There's not much to do in Clayton.
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Personal comments
I wish I knew more about what I was getting into. If I had, I probably would have looked more seriously into getting an apartment in the city.
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Callista
Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Computer Science / IT, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Not much difficulty in communicating except for the difference in accents with the locals, as I speak Engligh most of the time anyways.
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