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Although the university building is rather old and they have some room problems, it has a very nice location (being in the middle of Paris)! Further the social activities at Sciences Po are amazing - sport, interest groups, parties ,... (you name it you can do it!). Last but not least I also have to say that a workable knowledge of French is really important -> learning it from stretch would be REALLY hard! Most professors kindly take into consideration that it isn't the first language, but there are some who don't!!!

Paris is a wonderful city - whatever interests one has it offers you something! I love traveling and I thouroughly enjoyed myself, since you can go pretty much everywhere for an affordable amount of money (especially when you are a student under 25!) Being student offers a lot of other advantages (e.g. the "Imagine R"-ticket for a year of transportation around the Isle de Paris or a cheap one-year-ticket for the Louvre). Finally I want to recommand to all movie fans (like my self) a subscription with one of the major movie theater - chains (it allows you to go in any performance, in any movie theater of the chain for one year)

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Be prepared to work very, very hard. If you have the option of going for the full academic year or just one semester, definitely choose the full year - I wish I had!!

Definitely take advantage of Paris' central location to travel.

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Really challenging and academically satisfying. Nobody who signs up for sciences po should expect an easy year abroad, it is hard and it needs a lot of work especially in my case where the year abroad counted towards my degree.

I would advise international students to do the STAGE D'INTERGRATION in September. Even if your French is good it is really important to do it so that you learn your way around university before the classes start.

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Go there and try to follow most of the classes and seminars you can.. they are really interesting and well structured!

the erasmus in sciences po was a good experience: for the quality of the univwersity, for the number of the international students that the university host, to live in a city that offer a million of chance and where you cannot get bored!

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IEP Paris is a lot of work. More than one could imagine. At the end of it, for me, it was worth it, and I came to enjoy my stay there. However, the first 5 months of my stay, I hated the place -and so did many others. But if you don't let yourself to be scared by the first impression, it will definitely be a worthwhile experience!

I enjoyed my year in Paris, but it wasn't the typical party-hard ERASMUS year abroad.

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Bit small and far too elistist fro its own good. Believes its own propaganda. But you will have superb teachers and academic facilities. Am approaching things differently than the anglosaxon model and have actually been forced to learn stuff and not cram fot end of year exams.

Get a laptop, and ask loads of stupid but intelligent sounding question in class. In a room full of foreigners who have difficulty understanding what you are saying, you will be seen as intelligent and witty.

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It's a place to study mopre than anything else - so recommendable as such, but look for your social life outside. There are a lot of international students from all over Europe and the world though, which can be exciting - we took the opportunity to set up a Europe-wide student organisation and organise a one-week conference!

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This university is amazing. It is considered the 'Harvard' of France, and the professors are all experts in their fields. This university is great if you want an academic challenge.

Don't go to Sciences-Po if you want to 'party' and travel a lot. I would suggest the Sorbonne for that. However, Sciences-Po will give you one of the most beneficial academic experiences available among Political Science universities in the world.

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Try and integrate as much as possible with the French students by taking classes with them and not just the classes designed for the International Programme

Make the most of it, it goes very quickly :(

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Paris is amazing, and French is a beautiful, challenging language. Sciences Po is none of these things, and this opinion is quite literally unanimous among international students. I cannot speak for other universities in Paris or in France, but Sciences Po is to be avoided.

As I mentioned above, I absolutely adored living in Paris and there are limitless things to do there. However, academically the city isn't very conducive to heavy study (lines to get into libraries, no library is open past 10 p.m., etc.). Sciences Po, naturally, compounds this. I have spoken to about 40-50 students in the international program at Sciences Po, and the BEST response I have ever received is that they thought Sciences Po was a "mixed bag." The feelings tend to be more along the lines of, "I can't wait to go home" and "It's horrible," etc. Everyone eventually drops into indifference because they can't stand to put effort into something so pointless...the university is truly counterproductive to the academic experience.

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Its difficult but once you get apst december it does get much easier, you have to hang on ...

If you love a challenge andwork reasonably hard Paris can be good but if not dont bother.. Eurostar from London is wonderful too cheap and quick!

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Expect to work, come for a challenging, fulfilling academic experience, be independent, curious and read a lot, including newspapers and periodicals as well as books

- You do not really need a laptop computer and phone lines/ modem connection are expensive, so don't plan to rely on this. - You won't need to buy textbooks, many materials available at the library

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If you like working hard, you'll get a lot out of it. It won't teach you to think, but you'll learn lots of information.

If you get stabbing pains in your calves the first few weeks, don't worry, it's just all the stairs in the metro. At least you won't have to go to a gym.

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I took the Programme International, and maybe I had luck of the draw, but all the people in my course were interesting, the staff were excellent, the administration wasn't too difficult and the classes interesting and NOT too work heavy... VERY GOOD!

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Be ready to work a lot

Make sure that you understand how to write a paper in two parts. Is the specific method of this University.

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Look for a place to stay before you leave your home country.

Try to learn some french because they DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH, be carefull with the banking nad have fun!

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If you're willing to study hard and learn there's not a better school for social sciences than Sciences Po, it's truly first-class.

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maintain the high level of the courses, don't imitate american universities, stay french !!

great experience. you have to adopt the sciences po method which isn't easy for an american. High level. Contact to all kinds of french leaders (political, economic...). a bit too much work (bthe french students are "sacre bosseurs", dont't be affraid.

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Study hard

Get a carte orange for your metro/bus transport it's cheaper if you move around quite a bit than buying individual tickets.

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The university should be more involved in helping looking for an accommodation.

Living at the Cité International Universitaire de Paris is very cool! One can have fun with people from all over the world.