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4.11 / 5 based on 753 reviews
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Bard B
HousingType of housing: Rent a room in private home
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Freedom, flexibility, possible to share with co-students
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Personal assessment
Cost
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Personal comments
At that time (92-93)there wasn't really a system to help the students from abroad to find a place to live.
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Bard B
Student lifeDescribe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Activities
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Personal comments
Cafe Opera at Las Ramblas. Club Satanassa is still going - an amazing plaze not to be missed!
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Bard B
AcademicCourse recommendations
I was on a set programme within the exchange system with home university, so there wasn't really a choice
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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
More academic interaction with the local students, exchanging academic experiences. Maybe create a forum where the Catalan and the foreign students could interact, both academically and socially
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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
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Bard B
OverallI wish I had known...
Catalan...
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Academic reasons
3
Culture
4
Costs
1
Activities
2
Campus life
1
Party / people
3
Weather / location
4
Personal recommendation
The local (catalan) students at ESADE tend to be a bit snobbish and somewhat hard to get in contact with. But there is a great Norwegian "community" at this university that you should get in touch with, especially for cultural activities and nightlife experience! Also nearby university IESE (across the street basically) has a lot of foreign students.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
4
Traveled
4
Improved language skills
4
Met people from other countries
3
Became more independent
4
Partied a lot
4
Experienced a change in life
4
Advanced my studies & career
4
Final comments
Join some of the cultural and sports activities as soon as possible. Good for language training, making contacts and finding people to party with. Take initiative and form your own groups, fx a dancing group, food group, health center & aerobics group...etc.
Do not choose to live in Sitges, even though the apartment prices during winter are low there. It takes too long to travel into town, you get isolated from social activities. Don´t choose downtown either, the area around Ramblas is too "heavy" and noisy to be able to study in. Fun to visit - bad to live there!
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Bard B
ExpensesMain source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Accommodation very expencive in Barcelona. Travel is cheap, even the times we rented cars to go around the country was quite cheap.
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Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Personal comments
Be sure to have good health insurance. Be sure to register at the police & immigration offices if you are to study in Spain for more than a few months (it saves a lot of trouble - and money - should you become ill or have an injury)
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Bard B
LanguagesLanguage of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
One of the most important reasons to choose Spain, and ESADE has a very good language training center, where we perfectionated our castellano before starting the real academic courses.
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