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4.22 / 5 based on 98 reviews
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Ruta S
Overall
I wish I had known...
It is much cheaper to get the insurance back home
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Would need to improve the introduction week
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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
It is a very good idea to take 3 day home stay!
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Marguerite B
Overall
I wish I had known...
That a trimester isn't long enough!
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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's a great university with great profs and almost all courses are excellent. Furthermore the facilities are amazing.
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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
I had the most awesome time of my life in Corvallis. It's a great place to spend a term if you don't mind small college towns. I loved it and would recommend it to everyone!
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Camilla W
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
The food was cheaper but there were so many new products I wanted to try. Again the actual cost of using the telephone was cheaper, but when you are calling from the US to Europe it becomes expensive.
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Telephone, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Overall, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Make a budget before you leave home!
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Karin G
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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
People are very friendly, helpful and talkative over there. So you get in contact with people easily and you can take advantage to talk a lot and ask all the things you haven't known yet. In this way I've improved my language skills to a great extend. Also, all the papers we had to write for classes helped me to enrich my vocabularly!
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Kempf M
Overall
I wish I had known...
the weather sucks in oregon! it rains really a lot in fall & spring. bring a rain-jacket!
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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
no better choice!!!!
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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
try to buy a car (maybe with a collegue) and travel for at least 2-3 weeks around california to watch out vegas, grand canyon, yosemite, san diego (!), san franciso, .....
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Anders B
Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Spend more on travelling because it was a unique opportunity to experience USA. Spend less on food due to the lower price level.
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Housing, Telephone, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
As mentioned, an apartment is significantly cheaper than on campus living.
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