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4.33 / 5 based on 72 reviews
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Only housing was really expensive, the rest was not too bad. It was hard to get food in lesser quantities, all of the stuff is "family size".
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Overall, Housing, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel, Telephone, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Books were really expensive, with a little bit of looking around you should be able to get good deals on anything, including cars, food, ... I spend quite a lot of money, definitely very very very much more than I would have spent at home, but this was what I had expected. I you go somewhere with only two suitcases means some expenses just to "get started". And at the start you have to figure everything out.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Coming from a big European City Burlington bars might be a little disappointing, there are a couple, but most of them look the same. No clubs or places to "dance", no good places for music/concerts (exception: Metronome on Main St. and Higher Ground in Winooski).Don´t get me wrong, you definitely can go out at night, but do not expect a great variety. As of what I have heard pretty good for American standards though, there are definitely many more much more boring places than Burlington!
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I was well prepared (over one year in advance)
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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
Well, I had more fun in doing landscape architecture and art than in my financial management courses. The way of teaching was direct and coming form abroad makes it not easy at all.
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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
canada!!! montreal and quebec
new york, phili, bosten and washingtion are great places
mardi gras in new orleans
florida and key west
and my favorite place is the coast of maine, the lobster, acadia nat park...
within the states, travelling is so easy
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Olga A
Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish I had known I would met so many people and took more souveneers.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It is a very nice place, very beautiful location. The best academic fields to study are Business and Natural sciences though. And social life is very intence. Perfect place to get familiar with other culture.
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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
UVM is located by Canadian border, so the Canadian visa could be hepful for those willing to attend UVM.
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Academic
Course recommendations
For international students it is much easier to get enrolled into any course than for Americans. However UVM beurocracy makes it a little more difficult, because there are so many persons you need to talk about taking anyclass, so that when you are about signing in, it is already full.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
smaller size of classes, probably. There are too many students in foreign language classes, so we don't really work personally.
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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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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
the cost is the same as in dorms, but there's more privacy and space, and ocation is perfect
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Personal comments
Accomodation provided for international students is okay, we have all the neccessary facilities including laundry and free parking in the area. However for American students University provides accomodation only for the freshmen and softmores, all the others are to look for the housing themselves.
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