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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
In the same apartment - I know everybody there
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Government assistance
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
The telecommunication market in Spain is an oligopoly; they can maintain the prices at a high level :(
Housing is Madrid is always expensive, overall when you want to live in the city!
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Telephone, Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Nightlife, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Search housing WITH internet! It is advisable not to buy any internet packages offered in Spain...
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Academic
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...
Mobile costs and internet costs (incredibly high!)
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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
I was surprised you well everything worked! I would say in some cases, patience is a good advise ;)
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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
- Erasmus soccer at the university (ESN)
- Travels to Barcelona and Sevilla with the ESN organization! Very good
- the ticket/month for the rapid train railway is very expensive and is no advantage over buying individual tickets
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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: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Pretty good - at the beginning some problems... later fluently
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