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4.18 / 5 based on 199 reviews

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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
You have to go to the Tercia, fantastic bar. it's juste next to business faculty
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
it's easier to live on the campus, you can make friends easier
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Personal comments
My flat was pretty good, my roomates were very friendly and quiet.
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Languages
Language of instruction: French
Was learning French a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
it was really intresting, i could see how spanish people lived. I made a lot a international friends.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Be careful! The teachers are really tough with the international students
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Teachers have to give more explanations for the exams
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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:
Family
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
I had to go out every day to take a beer with my friends. I don't go out every day in Belgium
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Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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Overall
I wish I had known...
Honestly I was really good preparde to this experience.
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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
Nice unviersity in a nice little town
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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
I was not supposed to go ther but finally it was a incredible experience. A great advantage is that Alcala is really close to Madrid. So you don't pay as much as in Madrid and you can go out in Madrid whenever you want
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