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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
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
A really good club in Mexico City is "EL Catedral", everynight a band stages and they play, compared with other clubs, a lot of international music.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because it is the most independent way of living and nobody can give you restrictions
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Personal comments
there are also rooms directly on campus at ITAM, but honestly I have never seen them. Anyway there are a couple of "student houses" around the campus which are comparingly cheap and fun to live in
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
in general less, but this comes pretty natural as Mexico is in comparison to Austria not so developed.
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Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
Course recommendations
I personally really enjoyed 2 classes: Administracion Internacional and Desarrollo Empresarial
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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
The courses are very timeconsuming (assistence obligatory for every course twice a week), so plan from the start where you want to go when!
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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
Mexiko has a worse reputation than it deserves. Of course its more dangerous than other countries but as always when you watch out and when you are not stupid nothing will happen to you.
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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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It is really most important to spend time with locals - dont just stick around the exchange students!
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