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Housing
Type of housing: flat sharing comunity
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
Because of the better possibility to get the language; flat sharing comunities are very often only together with foreign students
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Personal comments
In general not bad; in the beginning of September and October is there only a small amount of offers
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
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Academic
Course recommendations
Do not fear to take courses of the upper years;
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Less than school, more universitylike
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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...
- the offers of courses
- necessarity of Spanish
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Do not work too muchs for the university, enjoy the country and the culture
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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
Travel as much as possible, try to get contact to local peaple; there are lots of foreign students, so it is not very easy to get out of them.
The Spanish winter could be quite hard and very wet and absolutely not warm!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Housing, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
The so-called "cursos de otono" cost a lot.
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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: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
The Spanish people only speak - Spanish. So it is absolutely necessary to be able to speake (more or less) Spanish
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