Type of housing:
Apartment/House

Arranged by:
Independently - My choice

If returning, I would choose:
On campus
Why? If you want to have more to do with other foreign and host country students, choose a dorm. However, in an apartment (even if shared) it's more comfortable. However, the apts are often off-campus,so choose the location strategically in terms of the bus lines..

Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city

Travel take/s place mostly within the university/student environment

Activities, Nightlife take/s place both within and outside of the university/student environment

Course recommendations:
Ask the international coordinator at IU for advise about courses and well-liked professors.

The language of instruction was:
English

My proficiency in the language of instruction:
before: At ease in most situations
after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Learning the language of instruction was a factor in choosing my host country

Main source of funding:
Personal savings

Other sources of funding:
Government assistance

Work opportunities
It was not legal for me to work.

Personal spending habits:
The dollar was really strong that time, which made nearly everything costly. Most of my phone calls were local, which were free. Nightlife became costly because living off-campus, you need transportation home. Night busses didn't run our way at night and they were few, so taxi was about the only option. You can travel short distances by renting a car (gas wasn't expensive) but internal flights are costly and distances are huge. I recomment driving to Chicago and Indy, at least. The Int'l Center arranged Indy shopping trips too.

I wish I had known ...
One needs to be very active to get in contact with the local students, they don't have a very big interest in trying to get to know exchange students

In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.