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3.92 / 5 based on 55 reviews
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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: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Fissure - good disco, free entry
Barcelona - must see!
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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?
The hostel is too expensive (30 euros/m). In Lleida, all foreign students live in shared flats.
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Personal comments
Good location but the flat was quite old and very cold. Hated the granit floor. Given enough time, anyone can make a better deal
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
because I had the money!!
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Food, Telephone, Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
use ATMs as rareley as possible (home bank charged too much for one withdraw)
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Academic
Course recommendations
Try to attend at least one class of every course before deciding and registering.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
It would help if the teachers learn foreign languages.
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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 finding the right apartament takes so much time and money
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
Take dictionaries with you - the vast majority of teachers and students DO NOT speak foreign languages.
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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
You can visit Barcelona, Zaragoza, Tarragona and Girona whenever you like. For other cities, you need money and transportation (which doesn't come very cheap).
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Languages
Language of instruction: Catalan
Was learning Catalan a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Catalan?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
a headache - I would talk to catalans in Catalan and they would always answer me in castillian (why? they're used that way)
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