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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
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!
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
living in is like being in a prison!
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Personal comments
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.
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Academic
Course recommendations
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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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
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.
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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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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
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".
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Overall
I wish I had known...
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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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It is a small(er) town in every respect.
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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
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.)
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
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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Food, Housing, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Telephone, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
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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