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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
good first experience
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Personal comments
accomodation independent from university, thus no comment
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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
Centre:
El Soplete (good place to start drinking)
Las Galerias (party gallery filled with discos)
Old City:
Melilla y Fez (best Tapas ever)
Beach
Sopelana - nice waves for surfers, good bars to party
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Academic
Course recommendations
try seminars, they are the most interesting subjects, very praxis-oriented and not too hard even 4 erasmus. forget about most beginner and intermediate courses, they are very theoretical and teachers tend to be crap.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
enjoy life on- and off-campus. teachers can be enoying because they see erasmus as lazy people. their prejudices lead to bad results even though one works hard. so be prepared!
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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...
everything was fine.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
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
check out:
Guggenheim Bilbao.
All the beaches.
Pamplona, 7.7 - fiestas and the famous bull-run.
get a calender with all the fiestas, in general.
get yourself a local girl/boyfriend (if you have a relationship, forget about this point).
dont try to understand the spaniards - just accept their way of living.
bring your car, but never let anything in it - unless you got a good insurance.
have fun! this will be the only time in your life you will have this kind of experience - things will never be the same again....
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
lived with my parents at home.
more "cost-intensive" live style while abroad.
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Overall, Food, Travel, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
get yourself into a students flat. saves a lot of money because of shared costs. dont spend too much money on going out! ;-)
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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
very easy language integration off-campus. people are very helpful and correct you. a bit tougher on-campus because lessons dont really give them the time to care about your language difficulties
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