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Bérénice G

Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

Nightlife, Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

none

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Bérénice G

Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

Because, despite the bad aspects (promiscuity, dirtiness, noise, etc.) it is a wonderful experience to live in an open, international community.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

none

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Bérénice G

Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Learning to speak aussie slang was a wonrderful experience.

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Bérénice G

Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

Choose four courses if you can - there really isn't a huge workload.

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

Overall, if a student doesn't want to study, he'll still get his/her degree. The level of exigency is not high enough - the workload is not high enough to ensure you actually learn something, and you're not taught basic things in life, like meeting delays.

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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Bérénice G

Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Family

Other sources of funding:

none

Work opportunities:

I worked during my study abroad experience

Personal spending habits

Travel, Housing:

was more expensive than at home.

Overall, Nightlife, Food:

was the same price as at home.

Telephone:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

none

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Bérénice G

Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

That the workload is not so huge and that you should therefore try as many classes as you can.

In my opinion:

Everybody loved it, you will too!

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

3

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

Enjoy!

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

Travel as much as you can.

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