Activités: A lieu principalement à la fac et/ou entre les étudiants
Vie nocturne, Voyager: A lieu surtout en hors campus
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Vie nocturne
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Coming from a big European City Burlington bars might be a little disappointing, there are a couple, but most of them look the same. No clubs or places to "dance", no good places for music/concerts (exception: Metronome on Main St. and Higher Ground in Winooski).Don´t get me wrong, you definitely can go out at night, but do not expect a great variety. As of what I have heard pretty good for American standards though, there are definitely many more much more boring places than Burlington!
Si j'y retournais je choisirais: Appartement/maison
Pourquoi?
living in is like being in a prison!
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I lived in Redstone Apartments, which were around USD 430 per month, which is normal for the Burlington area. The downstairs apartments are very small compared to the upstairs ones, and the walls are basically made of cardboard, you can hear your neigbours talking. Those apartments buildings are located close to the campus, so you can use the on campus bus, furniture is simple but ok, cleanliness depends on you and your roommates, but the building is not too old, so this is not the problem. Most of the international students live there.
A course based system like everywhere in the US, very much like "school" to me with lots of homework, quizzes, exams, papers, ... Be quick if you want to register for courses like photography or film.
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Mon exprérience académique
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It is all right, the workload during the semester is quite a lot, but no problem. You are sill left with enough time to party! Overall it was not to challenging, but good fun! I really loved some of my courses.
Apprendre le Anglais fut un élément important de la décision?
Oui, je voulais améliorer mon Anglais
Quels progrès en Anglais?
Mon niveau d'avant: Aucun problème, même en colloquial Mon niveau après: Aucun problème, même en colloquial
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I never had major problems talking English, but still I heard some nice new words (especially slang of course) and improved my vocabulary "in the field of instruction".
The temperature! We had an amazingly cold winter there (worst since 78 or something). Normally I do not care about that, but the cold weather really limited people in going out of there apartment, nobody wanted to go somewhere. This made thins a little boring.
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A mon avis:
La plupart ont aimé
Critères importants pour mon choix (1) Aucune importance – (4) Très important
Raisons académiques
4
Culture
4
Frais
3
Activités
2
Vie universitaire
3
Vie sociale / Fête
4
Climat et emplacement
2
Recommandation personnelle
It is a small(er) town in every respect.
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Pendant mon expérience à l'étranger j'ai... (1) Jaimais – (4) Très souvent
Appréhendé une autre culture
4
Voyagé
4
Accru mes compétences linguistiques
4
Rencontré des gens d'autres pays
4
Développé mon autonomie
4
Fait la fête
4
Vécu une transformation
4
Amélioré mes possibilités de carrière
4
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You can definitely have fun at UVM! Interact with other students, and you will enjoy it. The countryside is very beautiful, and it is very easy (because it is close) to go to Canada. Especially Montreal is worth a trip, if you feel trapped in Burlington, go there, it is only two hours away. (They speak French there, but it is no problems getting around with English, many American kids go up there to drink anyway.)
Only housing was really expensive, the rest was not too bad. It was hard to get food in lesser quantities, all of the stuff is "family size".
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Alimentation, Général, Logement:
Plus cher que chez moi
Vie nocturne, Voyager, Téléphone:
Aussi cher que chez moi
Accés au matériel scolaire
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Books were really expensive, with a little bit of looking around you should be able to get good deals on anything, including cars, food, ... I spend quite a lot of money, definitely very very very much more than I would have spent at home, but this was what I had expected. I you go somewhere with only two suitcases means some expenses just to "get started". And at the start you have to figure everything out.
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