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Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
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
If you choose to live in the village of the university alfonso X (wich is at 30 km of madrid) you can't avoid "calle cristo" where all nightbars stand, the atmosfeer is very good on thursday night!
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
my experience was fine and it is a good way to know people from the country where you live
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Personal comments
it's a private university so the accomodation is quite expensive and the houses and appartment's are uselessely luxurious
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
the food is cheap; usually, there aren't any phones in houses or appartments so you can by a mobile phone but it's quite expensive; the accomodation is more expensive in madrid; the nightlife is very important in Spain and it's difficult to avoid going out if you wanna make friends; travel in general is very cheap in Spain.
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Telephone, Housing, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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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
I spoke well spanish before going to madrid but I acquire more fluency speaking
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
the level of the courses is not very high and if you go to this university, it's more for the social and personal experience than to learn.
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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 recommend to live in the village of the university (villanueva de la cañada) because it's easier to know people and it's cheaper (no travel cost). If you study art, the level is really low and you won't learn a lot of new things but it is not important if you want to know the language. It's a private university and there is a very different atmosfeer than in a public one and it may be a problem, the students of this university are in general very rich.
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