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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
Joy, Kapital, Cats but it is best to explore or you will be limited to just seeing what only students see - Madrid is so much bigger - just bring plenty of money beccause this is one expensive town
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Housing
Type of housing: Flora residence
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
I would live with a family so I could learn some Spanish, also I do not like being forced to live with someone who has a different life style
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Personal comments
Very limited options. So small that you feel like you are in a goldfish bowl and you feel very cramped
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
This town is expensive - I spent so much the first week that I was freaking - You need to bring some big bucks if you want to have a fun time. This is like New York prices except for maybe beer - everything else is pricey
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Use your ATM card and make sure that you don't get hit with a big commission - don't bother with traveler's check's or changing money in banks
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Academic
Course recommendations
Take Professor Suarez Galvan and Professor Carmen for Art - they are the only two I would recommend although I heard that Shaw was good for history and there was a great Philosophy professor but who is no longer working there
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
They base everything on a two exam system and this is all or nothing - the only thing is that the students don't study so the level is about 10th grade high school and you can easily get a B without trying (Do they really count the credits you get here?)!! It is not a place to improve your academics except for a few good teachers Carmen Ana and Eugenio Suarez Galvan
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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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Overall
I wish I had known...
I wish I would have known this was just to have fun - it is so laid back and that is OK but hey, I spent thousands of dollars on my education. I could have used that money to really have travelled and had fun in Spain and had plenty left over to take the courses in another college that really counted
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In my opinion:
Stay home.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
If it wasn't in Madrid it would close. It is so small that it needs as many students as possible to keep open and so what they say isn't exactly true.
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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
I heard that the Malaga trip is fun but real expensive. If you are rich and have a free year and want to get some college credits that really don't mean much, try Suffolk. If you want a more intense experience, look for a program with a more respected school
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It was OK - I felt that the preponderance of British proffesors a bit disappointing
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