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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
It was great to live so close with people and to have a common kitchen en livingroom to spend a lot of time together.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
The disco's you find next to Puerto del sol are amazing but they are of course very touristic AND expensive. It is ok for those who have money and to go out in those places once a week. (Capital, el Sol, Pacha, Palacio, ...). Then you have a lot of bars near Puerto del sol. And for the 'chocolate' you have to go to chueco and surroundings. Young students you can find in Moncloa but it is not the atmosphere i preferred.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
I didn't know it would be that a lot of fun and i made some really good (foreign) friends we still meet each other a couple of times a year.
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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
University is not that fantastic!! It is a bit out of town but it was smaller and more causy then the Complutense. When there was good weather everyone layed on the grass at campus which was great!
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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
Do not try to stick with foreign people. Don't try to get to know too many people neither but a few very good spanish friends and try to keep in touch with them after your stay. Which i find a pitty myself. It is not so bad when you don't know a lot of spanish before you go. I did not know a lot neither you learn it very quick. So this is not a reason NOT to go. Have a lot of fun when you are there this is THE experience of your life do not forget that!!!!!!!
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Academic
Course recommendations
There is no such a thing like a typed sylabus... so you have to make notes by hand that means copying!! You don't see a lot in a course and you never go in depth. It stays with an overall course.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Make some typed books with all the material we have to study. It will make things easier for exchange students what to learn and mabye also an example with questions for an exam
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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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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
Get in touch with a lot of local people. The best way to do it is start talking to people in bars and go out once. It is not so easy to make friends at university but you can try of course. If you really want to learn the language do not stay only with other exchange students and share an appartement with spanish people!!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Because i went a lot more out, almost every three weeks I went on a trip an appartement is more expensive then a room in Beglium and I phoned to my parents which is more expensive of course.
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Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
You can have a special rate for international calls but you have to apply for it with Telephonica !!!
By an abbono for the metro, bus and train it will save you a lot of money!
Open a bank account is is easy and doesn't cost any money!
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