Reviews of Dublin Business School (DBS) | Ireland

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anonymous

Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent

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: At ease in most situations
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

I think my englisch is quite good. Didn't have the feeling when I came back home that I improved a lot.

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anonymous

Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Other

Other sources of funding:

none

Work opportunities:

It was not legal for me to work

Personal spending habits

Food/nightlife is more expensive. I did a lot of traveling and a lot of other great things. So that's more expensive.

Travel, Food, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing, Telephone:

was the same price as at home.

Nightlife:

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

Use the internet to book you traveling and don't go to the travel agency

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anonymous

Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent

Academic

Course recommendations

Before you apply for a course always talk to the proffesor to and where the course is about

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

Don't treat students like little kids. They realy want you to come to all the classes and they check if you are there.

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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anonymous

Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent

Overall

I wish I had known...

That spanisch language is so important in USA

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

2

Activities

2

Campus life

3

Party / people

1

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

Live on campus was great but the city...... not so good.

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

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

3

Improved language skills

2

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

Just do it!!!!!

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anonymous

Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent

Student life

Describe host city:

Student life dominates the city

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

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

The nightlive was not realy good. American people like sport better then aprty I ques. At home I never did any sporting but overthere I did a lot of sporting. Why? Cause everybody did that. I did also a lot of traveling in USA. I like New Orleans the best in US. Las Vegas and NY where cool too.

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anonymous

Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Marketing and Sales Management, Undergraduate, Independent

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: A room exchange

Why?

Because I was not involved in the local studentlive. I lived with a lot of other international students in the same appartment. It was great but I didn't have any idea about normal student live in USA.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space