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p r
ExpensesMain source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
I don't know exactly.
By the way, for the phone... if you go in france and are you planning to use "Orange" like selfphone operetor, change immidiatelly your mind... it is very expensive, much better SFR.
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Food, Overall, Telephone, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
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Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
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Money from home
Personal comments
burocracy is "french".
When you get GEM, the international office will try to ask you all the kind of assurances, if you insist a little bit and you are european, you don't need all those assurance. Pay attention
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Anne M
ExpensesMain source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
When you study abroad, you will spend more money on travelling as you go to see new places. At home, I stayed in Oslo most of the time and I didn't go much out as nightlife is very expensive in Oslo. In Grenoble the prices are a lot better and I could spend money in bars etc. without much of a guilty conscience!
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Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Food, Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
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Open a French bank account. Do your shopping in "grandes surfaces" such as Carrefour, the prices are lower and it is worth the effort. plus they have EVERYTHING you need, and then I really mean everything!!
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Wolter v
ExpensesMain source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Food was cheaper, since I had less left over and that kind of stuff, phone was cheaper, because I have a mobile phone at home, nightlife is more expensive because beverage prices are higher, in the Netherlands is traveling free, in France not, and we went skiing every week!
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Nightlife, Overall, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone, Food:
was less expensive than at home.
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Second-hand household items
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Always more expensive then you think it is
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Stanislav S
ExpensesMain source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
Government assistance<br>
An ERASMUS grant<br>
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Czech Republic is much cheaper than France.
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Nightlife, Telephone, Overall, Food, Housing, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
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Second-hand text books
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Do not open your bank account with LCL bank. They seem to be the best bank for students but in fact you will spend more than you save.
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Ingrid S
ExpensesMain source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Regarding FOOD, grenoble is more expensive than Shanghai. Because i don't know a lot people here and intensive study, of course my nightlife decreased.
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Food, Overall, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Travel:
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
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none
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anonymous
ExpensesMain source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
A private grant
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
I had to use a cell phone a lot and I had to buy minutes for it, which tended to be expensive.
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Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Overall, Food, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Travel:
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
How long it took to get a foreign check cleared.
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