Expenses Reviews
4.19 / 5 based on 63 reviews
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Andrew F
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Well there's the sense of adventure, one wants to make the most of the time out there thus most social activity/travel than if I was at university at home.
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Travel, Telephone, Overall, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Get Skipe or a simlar internet telephone to save money. Watch the exchange rate, when I went it was particularly good and changed a lot of money thus getting more for it.
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Ralf R
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
I was interested in seeing a lot of the countryside as well as other cities throughout Canada and the US
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Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Nightlife, Housing, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Don't buy books, go to the library instead.
Cook in teams instead of alone
Go to see movies on mondays instead of during the weekend
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dylanmcd
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
I found prices actually comparable.
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Telephone, Overall, Nightlife, Food:
was the same price as at home.
Housing, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Though Halifax is relatively small, student accommodation is expensive.
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GUEYE N
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Housing, Overall, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Nightlife, Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Make sure that you have a debit card allowing you to use it abroad, without paying expensive fees (or no fees at all).
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Matthew P
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Beer is a bit expensive!! :-(
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Telephone, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Travel, Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Buy sum duty free booze on the plane over!
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Imad M
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Medical Sciences, Undergraduate, Independent
Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
Personal spending habits
Nightlife, Housing, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Travel, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
umm...check out www.hfx4sale.com it's a local site where people post everything from employment to cars for sale.
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