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4.18 / 5 based on 199 reviews
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
To be independent
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Personal comments
Private housing, shared flat is recommended as Campus accomodation is outside town and quite expensive
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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
Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
CanCan, Cafe Continental, Festival Cinema, Cervantes´ House, Old university building
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Academic
Course recommendations
Try to get to know local students soon. try to speak to the teacher and maybe present yourself in classes
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Try to get an impression of what to do for each subject as soon as you choose it - and start early preparing essays and/ case studies.
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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...
Detailled information about courses, housing and oportunities, efforts in university clases, expectation of local teachers
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Try to come over early before the courses start to get orientated and do a previous spanish course.
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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
Buy monthly ticket if you wish to travel to Madrid (nearby) often. Try to contact native people and stay in contact. Read the newspaper to be informed.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Nightlife is good in spain and the bares are inviting to eat-out, the "copas" are quite frequent as to invite your friends
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Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Housing, Travel, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Go to Internet-cafe Hapy Hours to save some money, try to print essays at friends place, buy cheap phone card to call home during the day. try not to out so often.
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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
Sometimes hard to cope with daily expresions as the spaniards are not used to explain in diffrent language and hardly anybody speaks english.
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