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Marie-Therese K
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
The beach and the discos in the marina, some small clubs , cafes in barri gotic
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Nice to share with people and gives possibility to stay downtown Barcelona
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Personal comments
Have none,i fixed everything myself
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Marie-Therese K
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
The cost to do anything is less, but in addition housing in Barcelona is very expensive and neither especially clean or good
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Housing, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
No, but gas and electricity is extremely expensive and our housing agent most likey charged us to much , they took care of the bills, well, i magine yourself what kind of impression that is
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Marie-Therese K
Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
As I studied language course and an Overview Spanish Course, the university should offer each students an spanish contact peron
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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...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Have better summercourses and better homepages, and computer facilities
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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
I loved to go back and work and study some more
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Marie-Therese K
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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
The staff at general at UB, knows very little english, whish is good of course , but not so good if having very difficult task to manage
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