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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I can choose location and people I live with
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Travel, Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
El Gabanna, El CanCan, Café Continental
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Academic
Course recommendations
Prepare choice of courses before getting here, if not, it turns out fairly complicated!
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
intermediate exams - they take the weight of the finals, or: rate papers higher (mostly counted 5-20% of the final grade, pu took up a lot of time!)
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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...
-that Alcalá is not exactly in Madrid - but it turned out to be very nice
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
try to go to class as often as you can, since the foreigner are soon well known to the professors (in economics), it can turn out bad otherwise
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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
don´t have to book accomodation from your home country, it's very easy to find shared apartments once you get here.
student accomodation is outside the city on campus - quite far away for those who have class in town (law, economics,history, languages etc.)
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant<br>
Other
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
travel ans nightlife explain themselves, the rent was cheaper than in Germany and we didn't have a fix phoneline
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Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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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
Overall it was very important to live and work with people from other countries, so we were basically forced to speak the local language!
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