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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Bulldog Disco in Mexico DF
Puerto Escondido (very cheap and not full of tourists)
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Housing
Type of housing: student hostel
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
We were only exchange students in the hostel. Even though we communicated in Spanish, noone really could speak the language perfectly. I think I would have learned it way better with a family
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Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish
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
I mostly interacted with the people I lived with, who were all foreigners. Therefore we didn't really learn the language very well. Next time I would live with a family!
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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
No. What I really appreciated was the interaction between teacher and student (which we don`t have in Vienna)
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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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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
phoning in Mexico (especcially with mobile) is very expensive
the housing was expensive regarding the Mexican standards
As a girl you always get invited by Mexicans when going out (less expensive)
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Travel, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Overall, Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
That Mexicans are not that fancy dressed how it was often written in books- I had the wrong things to wear with me.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
The International Relations course with Duncan Wood. And if you have a problem you just have to tell the exchange office and they will try to help you the best they can
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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
Mexicans don't dress that fancy as it is written in most books (jeans are ok). To travel around by bus is pretty cheap and has a very good standard.
Mexico City is not really nice and there is not so much to see, but the country itself is really amazing- try to travel and see as much as you can. Teachers of exchange students usually understand it if you are not there because you travel to another part to see Mexico.
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