Expenses Reviews
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Gracia P
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Because in here they seem to eat less than we do in Mexico. I had to buy things in small amounts and that is more expensive. Telephone, here is way more expensive for local calls. Accomodation, I live with my parents, so I don't have to pay anything. Nightlife, here it is much cheaper; drinks are not expensive at all. Travel, it cost a lot to travel. Plus I don't on my own back home. Overall, here are lots of things like the bycicle, books are really expensive also.
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Travel, Telephone, Housing, Food, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
A lot. As time goes by you find the cheapest places to buy stuff.
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Nina A
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
The main factors, which were responsible for the unusual higher costs i had to take in account were the very high housing expenses, the traveling and the nightlife. I usually don't go out so often in my home town as I did in Utrecht. This is partly because of the many partys, which were arranged for the international students und in part because of the all new people I got to know in Utrecht. We also did some traveling - for instance we went once to Paris and so on. Of course all these activities were linked with spending more money than I usually do when I am in my hometown.
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Overall, Nightlife, Housing, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Ester C
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
In my own country I usually spend a lot of days in my parents house so I don't have to spend any money buying food. About nightlife and travel, during my Erasmus I had much more spare time than I used to have at home when I was studing.
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Nightlife, Food, Overall, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
It is quite difficult to get a banck account. You need some special documents from university to get one, and once you have got it, it is not possible to get all the information about it in English. Furthermore, I have to say that the banck staaf doesn't help you to much.
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yael v
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
food is less expensive in Holland than in France. However, mostly all the other fields are more expensive, namely , accomodation. travelling is more expensive in Holland. apart from that, I had expenses I do not usually have in France where my parents live. being completely independent is the main factor of these new expenses.
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Overall, Housing, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
the banking system is either expensive (normal banks) or provide a very low quality of service (post office bank)
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twistyc
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
I spent so much more on accommodation in Utrecht than I do in the US. I traveled quite a bit, and of course that adds up to a lot of money. Food is about the same, at markets they are usually less.
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Nightlife, Housing, Overall, Travel:
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
There are always fees no matter what you prepare for or think, it will be more.
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Anastasiosyal
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Food is free at my university. Accomodation as I said before is very expensive. It is double what I would have paid in Greece. Traveling costs are also about double in comparison to Greece.
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Housing, Overall, Food, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Get a strippen card to travel with buses. If you travel a lot get a monthly pass.
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