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4.35 / 5 based on 19 reviews
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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
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Go to the viaduct!! Of course you will cause thats aucklands meet market hehe, try the kebabs at mount albert, and there's a nice bar at the end of the sky tower street up the hill, don't remember the name but nice live music
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
As an international student I wanted to meet lots of people from all over, at the village the most of the students there are international so you can get to know a lot of people
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Personal comments
It was great really, and the best thing if you like to meet people because students come each semester so pretty much everyone is new and want the same, to know more people. The most friends you can make are in the village don't expect much from classes, everyone have their own lives and very few ae interested in making friends with people that will be gone shortly
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Overall
I wish I had known...
kiwis and all that stuff new zealand is so proud about, got there without much clue hehe
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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
Stay at campus if you like to meet people, do your stuff at school cause teachers can get grumpy, and enjoy it
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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
new zealands landscapes are inspiring, while the cities are rather boring so avoid visiting cities for too long and try to be in the nature, is soooo green everywhere
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Academic
Course recommendations
Don't let yourself be tricked with the unitec courses description, they are for my experience a lot more easier than they say they are. I did industrial design and took some web design courses, they would ask me to have a "proper" training with the software and said the course was challenging, and it turned up to be just basic stuff so be careful and don't be afraid to take "difficult" courses (level 7) the same applies with the number of courses, they will take you to take 4 I did 5 and had no problem at all, and still got a lot of party going hehe
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Do your stuff school aint difficult, you will learn ...leave some time for parties
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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: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Its just english so you'll be fine, new zealanders do have a special accent and funny words but everything is easy to get mate, oh but be careful hen talking to maori people you will will have to put extra attention that accent is really something eh can take you a while to be confortable with it
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Well for me it was a bit more expensive than home, in mexico you can find many things to be really cheap if you know where to look hehe, but it wasn't too expensive
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Overall, Travel, Nightlife, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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