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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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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
There were quite a few bar which all offerred pool table and quite cheap bear. Places to go to are definetily The Barn which near the frats and sororitys and Starbuster which also a cool place. One should also visit DeKalb center to go the bars there, atleast once.
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Living in dorms has its disadvantages but it convenient way to arrange housing and daily meals
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Personal comments
The housing at NIU was not perfect but good enough. One big minus was the lack of air conditioning during the early fall. The price was also quite high.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish I had knonwn we had to live in a dorm for certain.
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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
NIU is a nice place but it should put more effort in making international students welcome.
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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
DeKalb is a small town with no other way than a car to get out of there. Due to this travelling might be quite difficult unless you buy a car.
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Academic
Course recommendations
The Business school is very good and professors world class so any course probably is fine. For business students I would recommed Business & Society course which was quite eye opening.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Academic life was very well taken care of at NIU.
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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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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Since my home university is an English language and my English is totally fluent there was no problems with the language.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
Government assistance<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
well food was mainly trough the University cafeterias and it was paid for before hand and telephone I didnt use really. Housing was quite expensive though, more expensive than I expected. Nightlife was great since beer was cheap. Travelling was quite difficult so didnt really do it.
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Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Nightlife, Telephone, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Well, all the payments were higher than expected which was a little suprise but there was no way to get out of them.
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