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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
University accommodation is normally full of english speaking students and i wanted to improve my spanish
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Personal comments
the university does offer accommodation but it is quite disorganised, there are no discriptions of the various types of accommodation in the brochures so it is difficult to get a good idea of what is on offer
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Monna lisa, the atmosphere in this bar is amazing. Also palacio de gaviria nightclub is good for the variety of music on offer and creativeness!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
none
Work opportunities:
Personal spending habits
foos is cheaper, there is lots of competition. Accommodation was more expensive because normally i'm only in university for 24 weeks a year. I had to pay even for the weeks over christmas that i wasn't here. Nightlife goes on for the WHOLE night here, you just can't resist going out. I speny more on travel because normally i walk to my lectures, (Cambridge is not as big as Madrid!)
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Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Academic
Course recommendations
there are a lot of good courses on offer, just make sure you know which term they are going to begin in.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
there is not much interaction with the lecturers, if you are used to being monitered more closely it could come as a shock...
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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...
how many students there are in Complutense!About 100,000. you can be a bit annonymous
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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
it's one of the best universities in spain and there is a wide variety of courses
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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
make sure you check what semester the courses start in, some are not for the whole year. Make sure that the course you want to do is offered that year, sometimes courses change
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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:
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Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
At first it is a bit nerve racking if you are not that familiar with the language but you realise that you learn new things every day. try and surround yourself with as much of the language as possible
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