Expenses Reviews
4.26 / 5 based on 283 reviews

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Marissa G
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
The exchange rate from Euros to USD is not in my favor so everything was slightly more expensive.
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Travel, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
None so far. Cost saving tips, would be to adjust your eating habits to the local fare as those foods will be less expensive.
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Tiago S
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Because many of these categories were payed by my family at Porto.
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Food, Housing, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Overall, Telephone, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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lan S
Northeast Normal University, Chan Chun, China
Economics, Graduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Becase it's the difference between the developed counry and developing country.
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Overall, Nightlife, Housing, Travel, Telephone, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
no significant finicial surprises because the tuition costs almost one-third of my grant.
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Jessica W
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Because of the change in both countries' currencies.
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Nightlife, Travel, Housing, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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emcomish
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Paris is a very expensive city!
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Overall, Telephone, Food, Travel, Housing, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
The cost of rent! But luckily the CAF (a government agency) provides rent assistance.
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anonymous
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Not specified
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
Personal spending habits
At home i lived with my parents, no cost
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Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Food, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Overall, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items