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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
Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Nothing if you are under 21, morover it is not Paris, bars and clubs are not really good. The cafes are okay, but 10 months, that is long.
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Housing
Type of housing: Housemates
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Sharing a house with housemates was a nez experience for me and it was cool
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Personal comments
I think the dorms are really expensive for what they are, it is small and youy must share your room.
There are lot of students who share a house, the most difficult is to find the good housemates.
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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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
People are really nice, they take time for understanding you.
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Edouard G
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Life in Seattle is cheaper than in Paris. But it is right that the exchange with the euro was really good for me ans my night life was near of zero the first 7 months.
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Food, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Use the supermarket card, you will save some money.
Don't use bank transfer from your French bank to your us bank, it is really expensive, take cash with your french card and put the cash on the us account.
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Edouard G
Overall
I wish I had known...
UW and Seattle are a good place for staying one year in the usa. Beautiful landscapes, but the city itself is really 'provinciale'.
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
The university has a beautiful campus, lot sport facilities, especially the IMA. It is really difficult to have local friends, most of your friends will be other international students
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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
An interesting year, but less fun than I had hoped.
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Academic
Course recommendations
The first week of the quater you can change your course, don't hesitate to do it, don't keep a course that seems easy, because it will be really boring
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Sometimes, there are discussions on the readings, it is not interesting, each student speaks about his feelings, sometimes things really stupid are said.
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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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