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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Not to miss dingle, the ring of kerry,and surroundings. Horans best night disco to go in the city.
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Housing
Type of housing: campus of apartaments with several rooms per apt.
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Personal comments
almost all acommodations of this city for students are recently renewed or new ones and the ambience is very cool
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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
When I arrived in Ireland first months was little harder than I expected beause i wasn't used to the accent. As time got through i got more used to the accent. On speaking I was pretty good already in the starting of my experience, but as time passed I got more vocabulary, more fluency and more confidence. And writting and reading as well as speaking I had already a good level before going there but as time passed I improved.
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Mostly because of the differency of prices, even if difference was not very big, and also because when you see that is the only year you will live that way you profit to do more things, to travel more, to party a little bit more, etc.
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Overall, Food, Nightlife, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
All I didn't know was part of the magic of the place, because I discovered it there, and if i had known it before going there it would have made dissapear some of the charm of a new experience abroad, and being my first experience abroad it teached me lots of things, a part of academic and language skills.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
I would recommend to discover all the aspects of irish life, getting mixed with all the students, the local ones and the international, obviously is easier with international but I strongly recommend to get mixed also with local students. From my point of view the ITTralee should organize more things for the international students because sometimes you feel that they are there just to answer your questions rather than for proposing activities, so if going there is better to have iniciative and try to organize thing oneself with other students rather than waiting international office do it for you.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Great experience not to miss, mostly if you have never lived away from home, this experience will learn you many many things. Meet lots of people, parties are incredible, travel a lot (backpacker with low-cost companies is the best choice to get more fun with mates and save some money), enjoy all the time you will spend there (obviously you will have to study, but there is time for everything, you will see)
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