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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Around State Street - you can't miss them: i.g. Brothers, Johnny O's, Redshed, State Bar, Bull Feathers, Mondays, State Street Brats, Kimia Lounge, etc.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Saxony's Apartments too expensive and shabby. New apartment building on the other side of the street: contact 608-251-8777 and 608-442-4200 (Madison property management inc.). Maybe they rent rooms for one semester.
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Personal comments
90 % of the exchange students are at Saxony's - that's good for parties, but bad for your language experience. At the summer semester (Jan-May) it's no problem to find another place to live. At the winter semester (Aug-Dec) it could be difficult.
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Academic
Course recommendations
be a graduate student - free computer facilities. and you can even take undergraduate courses.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
The compulsory attendance, the essays throughout the course and the huge amount of literature were perfect for me to improve my english. but I wouldn't like this system in my home country.
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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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
The US-Amercian University system is perfect to learn English because of compulsory attendance and a lot of stuff to write and read. Try to speak a lot with natives! Favor them over other exchange students!
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Overall
I wish I had known...
The winter is cold, but the sun shines much more than in warmer regions.
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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
As a business student you can even
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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
Travel tips: Whitefishbay/Sturgeonbay in the North of Wisconsin at the Lake Michigan, Chicago; New York, Florida, and the Southwest (San Francisco, Yosemite/Sequoia National Park, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, Pacific Coast betwenn S.F. and L.A.)
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Even the dollar-euro exchange rate was very good for me, my exchange semester was quite expensive, because during the first time you don't know where you find the cheapest things.
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Housing, Overall, Telephone, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Go for lunch in the third floor of Grainger Business School. Best cost-performance-ratio!
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