Sciences Po Paris (IEP)

Pont des Arts at night - bring a bottle of wine and plastic cups Louvre on Friday nights

housing in Paris is very expensive and tends to be very small. most people rent studios - French people don't like sharing flats, and certainly not bedrooms. if you rent an old servant's room (chambre de bonne/service) you will most likely be sharing a toilet and shower facilities. it is also common for students to rent rooms at the top of six or seven flights of stairs with no lift. You can find housing in fusac.fr (though this tends to be a bit expensive) and at the American church - you can sometimes get a room in exchange for about 15 hours babysitting a week.

Ebay is great in France The Carte ImaginR (€276 for the year) is a great transport saver, and you can travel all over Ile de France on weekends

If you get stabbing pains in your calves the first few weeks, don't worry, it's just all the stairs in the metro. At least you won't have to go to a gym.

The French classes aren't great, but you can also learn a second language, which is good.