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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
No on campus possibilities were offered.
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Personal comments
No help to find apartment or room for foreign students was offered at that time (1992) at ICADE. You were left to yourself, and to find a decent place to live was actually the most challenging part of the whole course in Madrid!
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Madrid has it all. You name it - they've got it! Stay away from the butching at the Bullfight Rink though. Unless you´ve got a morbid sence of fun and a strong stomach...
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Overall
I wish I had known...
How to find an apartment or room in Madrid without struggling for so long! And how patient you've got to be when enrolling as foreigner at the local police and government offices. (Things like that took five times longer in Madrid than in Barcelona!)
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
A very Catholic traditional university, beautiful although old facilities and buildings, an interesting athmosphere.
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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
When weather is nice - make sure to take advantage of the most beautiful outdoor "study library" in Europe: The Retiro Park! Good for flirting too...
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Academic
Course recommendations
I was on a fixed programme with the home university so there wasn´t really a choice.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
At that time (1992) my all-Norwegian class was placed at facilities far away from the real university of ICADE. Which ment we had no interaction with the local students or the teachers, apart from our own teachers/professors. This has hopefully changed now...
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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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Languages
Language 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)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Since our classes were held outside the ICADE buildings, we had to find language social interaction elsewhere - in the daily life and in the nightlife. For this Madrid is perfect! Very open-minded and social people, that love to talk to you, as long as you take the initiative to talk in Spanish with them first.
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Expenses
Main 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 Madrid! You pay incredibly much for a "small hole", if you want a decentlæy central location. Food is cheap - if you buy fresh food to prepare yourself, it is very cheap, and a great selection!
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Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Telephone, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
If you're willing to live in the outskirts if town, you can get quite a big apartment with many bedrooms (to share with fellow students), but in the city be prepared to get up early, find the morning paper and start calling around, if you want to find a good affordable place to stay. Average time for my student colleagues to find a place to stay at all was more than a week - when the whole day was spent on house-searching!
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