85 reviews
4.21 / 5 based on 85 reviews
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Ninni N
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
A private grant<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Everything was cheaper over there than in my home country but I used money to travell that I don't spend that much in Finland.
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Overall, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Nightlife, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Terry N
United Business Institutes, Brussels, Belgium
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Study in Lieu
Academic
Course recommendations
You can swap them during the first couple of weeks...
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
More interaction with teachers and better time repartition of projects
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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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Terry N
United Business Institutes, Brussels, Belgium
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Study in Lieu
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: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
As I study in English in my home University, my English was already pretty good before I went there, but I learned heaps of new words, meanings and sayings, maybe my accent improved aswell...
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Surfers
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: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I didn't have problems with the language before I went to Australia, but at first I had to cope with the australian slang, which is different to the british and the american slang.
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Bribear80
Expenses
Main 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 spent more on nightlife because I went out a lot more than I normal would at home. I spent less on accomodation just because of the great exchange rate for the American dollar.
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Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Travel, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Overall, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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anonymous
didn't study uni there, TAipei, Taiwan
Language, Undergraduate, Independent
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: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It's good to mix with local students, they taught you a lot of pharse that you don't find it in the text.
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