{"id":88820,"date":"2018-08-19T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=88820"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:04","slug":"ik-moet-opletten-dat-de-studentenavonden-geen-gewoonte-worden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/08\/19\/ik-moet-opletten-dat-de-studentenavonden-geen-gewoonte-worden\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I have to be careful that staying out late during weeknights doesn\u2019t become a habit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mitchell* (18) from Naaldwijk is about to start the International Bachelor Economics and Business Economics (IBEB) programme. He regrets that he won\u2019t be able to join the Eureka Week events because he planned his holidays just before the academic year begins.<\/p>\n

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Mitchell<\/span><\/p>

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Why did you choose this programme?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe variation offered by the programme really appeals to me. In the first year, the courses range from ICT to marketing. It\u2019s also a programme with a strong international focus. It\u2019s not my first programme, by the way: last year I studied Law and Business Administration in Leiden.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why did you choose EUR?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNot a lot of universities offer this programme, so that helped me in making this choice. Erasmus University has a good reputation and Rotterdam is only a forty-minute commute for me. So why not choose Rotterdam?\u201d<\/p>\n

Are you planning to live in rented accommodation?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not planning to rent a place in my first year. I want to first see how demanding this programme is for me. I don\u2019t live all that far away, so commuting isn\u2019t a problem anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

What are your expectations for your first year at EUR?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMy expectations are somewhat biased, because I already studied for a year in Leiden. So I\u2019m already aware that a university is very different from secondary school. But what I\u2019m expecting in this programme compared to last year is education in smaller groups and more personal contact with lecturers.\u201d<\/p>\n

What are your good \u2013 or maybe not so good \u2013 resolutions in the first year of your studies?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty familiar with Rotterdam, so I think I would enjoy helping international students get acquainted with the city and show them the best nightspots. But I have to be careful that staying out late on weeknights doesn\u2019t become a habit. But we still have the weekends for that, don\u2019t we?\u201d<\/p>\n

* For privacy reasons, the student\u2019s surname has been removed. The full name is known to the editors.<\/p>\n\n\t

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