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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Best café : El Buo Real, cerca de la calle Hortaleza. Try the "orgasmo de monja !"
Museums such as Reina Sofia's and the Prado (especially Goya's terrifying "Periodo negro") are worth the trip.
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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?
Living in the centre of Madrid is perfect for a student
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Personal comments
Nothing was done at the time to help foreign students find accomodation
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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
Spaniards are sociable (& talkative !) and it's easy to make plenty of new friends
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Life is more expensive in my homeland, but I used to go out a lot more in Madrid than in Paris
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Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Housing, Travel, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
Course recommendations
When you study in one of ICADE's Masters, you have no choice, all classes are compulsory
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
You're treated more like a pupil than like a grown-up student : they check if you REALLY go to all the classes, they test you all the time... "Big Brother" can be a real pain in the neck sometimes
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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...
You can never forget Madrid...
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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
ICADE has a good reputation in the Spanish-speaking world (that must be around 1 billion people !), so it's great if you plan to work in one of these countries. But its rules are sligtly outdated, maybe because it's a Roman catholic institution. If you're a marxist, go somewhere else : the teaching has a strong right-wing political orientation.
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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
Try to find accomodation in the city centre, the best thing is to share a flat with other students.
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