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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
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Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Personal comments
Horrible experience! Most (if not all) "host families" arranged by tec are really just looking for boarders and have no interest in sharing the culture or their life with students. If you want to be a boarder, just look for an ad in the newspaper--it will be much cheaper!!!!
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Stay home.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
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
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Lauran S
Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
EVERYTHING is done in groupwork! The mexican students are apparently not capable of doing assignments on their own. Quite annoying!
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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
was already fluent in Spanish
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
Telephone, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Travel, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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