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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Night-club: Sala Morena. Cafe: Starbucks Place not to miss if u can make it that far: Torres del Paine
Event not to miss: Chilean Independence day 18th September
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Housing
Type of housing: University Residence (took students for any uni.)
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
For more comfort.
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Personal comments
It was a bit like living in a hostel for a year but you had your own bedroom. The best thing about the place was the people you met. They were from all over the world and there were some chileans also. Interesting place to live for a year.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
The cost of living is lower in Chile than in Ireland for that reason food, accommodation and nightlife were cheaper. Telephone cost less because although I did telephone Ireland a few times, I mainly kept in contact through emails. Travel cost more beacaue there is so many amazing places to visit in South America and I simply would not be travelling that much in Ireland.
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Set up an online banking account with your bank before you go away.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Pick courses that you find interesting, and check to see if there are any courses you need to have taken previous to taking this course.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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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Overall
I wish I had known...
That getting a visa is much easier to do in your home country than in chile. The bureaucracy is not great.
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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
It is a good and very prestigious university.
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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
Get a mobile phone while your out there or if your phone is unlocked you could buy a sim card. NTL is the best network.
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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: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It took me awhile to get used to the chilean accent having only ever heard the Spain's spanish accent, once I got the hang of the basic slang it got easier. There is an awful lot of slang used in Chile.
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