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lappim
Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
I would probably live on campus because I would be closer to other students and activities.
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Personal comments
The accommodation with a family was nice. The area was quiet and peaceful. I could sleep every night if I wanted to. Living with a family would have been more fun if there had been people closer to my age.
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lappim
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel, Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Chico Mendez is quite popular within students because there where special student nights.
German student tradition - Feuerzangenbohle (I hope the spelling is right) - is defenately worth experiencing. The carneval is also worth seeing. In Finland we don't have that kind of tradition.
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Remy V
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
loans are not expensive at all compared to paris :-) and you can go in a nightclub for less than 10 DM.
Concerning the telephone, you have to pay deutsche telekom only for the line,
but you can choose a chepar provider for the communications.
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Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
The visa card is NOT accepted in most shops.
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Marta S
Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It's good, but difficult.
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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
the train is very expensive, i could not travel so much
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Matthieu L
Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Life in Germany is cheaper than life in France, at least for food, drink and going out.
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Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Travel, Overall, Food, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Buying food in discount chain stores does help your budget. No complex, everybody does in Germany. Try Lidl, Plus, Aldi, Kaiser's Norma...
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Kurt C
The University of The West Indies, St. Agustine Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Engineering, Mechanical, Graduate, Independent
Languages
Language of instruction: German
Was learning German a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my German
How much did you improve your German?
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
The local language was a bit of a challange that would be won. The course is to be delivered in english but a lot of the hand outs were in the local language(german). This motivated you to learn the language faster.
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