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4.13 / 5 based on 80 reviews
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Academic
Course recommendations
Take your time to choose the courses you are going to attend to. There are too many, and it is difficult to make up your mind.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Do not take more than 5 courses per semester, as it would really disminuish your leisure time to enjoy the city. Besides that, learn and have fun.
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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...
I wish I had known that the WindChill effect does effectively exist... I was not prepared to interact in a -25ºC environment... Too much cold for somebody coming from the sunny Spain.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
One of the top 10 in the US, and one of the most (if not the most) ethnically diverse in the US. Truly and international university.
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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
Two-day trips to Boston, Philadelphia and Washigton are very interesting if yu can afford it. Try not to stay just in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens have also their turistic and interesting things and places.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Spain is a very cheap cpountry, if you go abroad, everything will be more expensive for sure.
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
I had to pay $4,000 at once for the accomodation, but it did not cost too much trouble in fact.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
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
It was really curious to see the differences between the UK English and the US English. I enhanced my language skills, and improve even more my vocabulary.
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
It eases time and effort to get your own apartment in a foreigner city.
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Personal comments
It was simply great. I was living in my own apartment at Wall Street area, and withing a resident hall, so I had all the advantages of living with other international students.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Battery Park. East Village is my favourite neighborhood, with all the bars and cafes. Museums like MOMA or the Metropolitan are a MUST.
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