Reviews of University of Waterloo | Canada

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micsarfati

Université Claude Bernard: Lyon I, Lyon, France
Statistics, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

Being on campus helped me to meet a lot of peoples from different countries and to be all the time in contact with canadian.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Even if the language was different, i really adapted fast to this new life, i was a member of the international student association ( i organized trips around Canada and United States), i was also the captain of an international indoor soccer team. My first semester was a real success and thaks to my grades,one professor allowed me to follow the next semester a master course about mathematicals models for finance

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micsarfati

Université Claude Bernard: Lyon I, Lyon, France
Statistics, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Students equally interact with the local and student community

Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Nightlife, Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

I had the possibility to achieve one of my dream: i rent a car and with some other friends we went to Algonquin Park and there i did "Dog Sledding", that was an awesome experience

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micsarfati

Université Claude Bernard: Lyon I, Lyon, France
Statistics, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

A private grant

Other sources of funding:

Government assistance<br> A private grant<br> Other

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

I spent more in Travel because i was outside Europe and i wasn't far from famous palces like Niagara Falls or New-York that was worth visiting. I also used more for telophone because i phoned to my family who is living in France and Italy.

Telephone, Travel, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Food, Housing, Nightlife:

was the same price as at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Computers / Internet

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

none

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micsarfati

Université Claude Bernard: Lyon I, Lyon, France
Statistics, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

none

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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micsarfati

Université Claude Bernard: Lyon I, Lyon, France
Statistics, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

I was really well informed about Canada before going so there was nothing i wish to had known before

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

4

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

2

Personal recommendation

This university provide everything to help international students, the courses are very good, i really encourage people to go to this university.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

3

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

3

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

3

Partied a lot

3

Experienced a change in life

3

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

The best tip i would give is: Get informed about all the possibilities you have and speak with all the people to leran more about the country and to have some important advices!

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micsarfati

Université Claude Bernard: Lyon I, Lyon, France
Statistics, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

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)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

The good thing in my host university was that there were really few french people so i was always communicating in english during the year i spent there!

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