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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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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
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
I lived with a family in Seville and loved it. Living with a family makes you feel more integrated into Spanish society.
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Personal comments
The only main drawbacks were that I lived 20 minutes away from downtown, I lived right next to the cemetary, the funeral home, and the retirement home, and I lived with another American (I would've preferred to live with a Spanish girl instead).
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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: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
No problems at all. I am a Masters student in Spanish. I've traveled abroad before and also live on the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Housing, Travel, Overall:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
That I wouldn't have much of a social life here.
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In my opinion:
Stay home.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It's a good university. I chose Valladolid because I knew I would have the opportunity to teach English here at an academy. If I had chosen another university for the social atmosphere, I most likely wouldn't have had the opportunity to teach. My apartment was fully paid for because I taught and I also received a small stipend of 300 euros/month.
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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 would choose another town to live in because the people in Valladolid are not open to people who are not from there. It's extraordinarily difficult to make friends here-my main friends here are from the U.S. as well.
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Academic
Course recommendations
If you can avoid taking Gramatica I with Carmen Hoyos Hoyos, do so. My favorite course here was Literatura Hispanoamericana with Fuentes Bastardo. Great professor, learned a lot from him.
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