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Samantha P
UCP, Cergy-Pontoise, France
Tourism, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
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Samantha P
UCP, Cergy-Pontoise, France
Tourism, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
The campus of our University was out of Barcelona. So no interest living there.
The advantage of living in an apartment: Independence and also the amazing opportunity to have roommates and then to be able to build relationships with people who were first random persons, and now are like Brothers and sisters to you.
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Samantha P
UCP, Cergy-Pontoise, France
Tourism, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Overall
I wish I had known...
Well... I'm thinking really hard, but nothing on my mind really.
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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
Take a closer one! THE UAB IS REALLY FAR! So far that you get used to not going...
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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
It's hard at the beginning, finding your own place and stuff. But don't worry, then those moments are the one you'll laugh about soon.
Of course, "www.loquo.com": great website to search for apartments in Spain.
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Samantha P
UCP, Cergy-Pontoise, France
Tourism, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Academic
My academic experiences
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Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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Essays and/or projects at the end of course
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Samantha P
UCP, Cergy-Pontoise, France
Tourism, Undergraduate, Erasmus
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: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Honestly, i thought i would talk better spanish than i do. I did improve my level though.
In my dreams, i would live with 5 or 6 people from everywhere and we would only be able to communicate in Spanish.
The thing is: easier to say, harder to find.
I mean i do not regret one thing about my experience except only having more roommates would have been awesome!!
But anyway, i lived with 2 american girls and one french guy. We had the most amazing time ever. It just sucked a little bit because we had big plans about talking spanish in the house, etc. and obviously we ended up talking pretty much only english. What is still really good. Just not exactly what you would expect when going to Spain!
Basically most of our friends were English speaking! A few were spanish, but weren't the ones we saw most of the time.
I don't know what else to say.
I guess everybody has is own experience.
Mine wasn't the best one to actually learn the host country language, but will still be one of my "bestest" memories/experience ever.
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Samantha P
UCP, Cergy-Pontoise, France
Tourism, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Alright, it's kind of hard responding to these questions since it is the first ever i've been living on my own.
But what i can tell is:
Food - cheaper in Spain, but the diversity of products not as good as in France.
Telephone - we couldn't get a real contract one, because we weren't staying 18 month. so we had to get used to the prepaid cell phone. Which meant getting used to not call as much as i did back in France since Prepaid cards are really not advantageous.
Housing - the prices of rent are cheaper than in France. But compared to a couple of years ago got more higher.
Personally we had a 110m² and paid 1200euros per month divided by the 4 of us. It wasn't bad at all. Plus it was located in a great area of Barcelona.
Nightlife - obviously cheaper than in France, Paris.
Travel - cheaper because gas cost less than in France. And then because in general the standard of living is cheaper.
Overall - to me cheaper BUT still spent more than in Paris.
I would say honestly aroung 700€ is good to not worry too much about the money.
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Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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