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geko2000
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife, Travel, Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
during the day the students meet in the cafes just beside the facultiy.
in the night there are 4 areas where to go out - all of different stile. they aswell have different "rush-hours" and so you start in one and then you move to the next and maybe to another one ...
you have there bars where you just stay outside, because the crowd dont fit inside and you have bars-discos or normal discos with 2 floors. the good thing is, that most of the areas are in the centre of the town- so you can reach them by feet.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because I´m used to live on my own and so I can share flat with other people (spanish or foreigners)
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Personal comments
the university is quite helpful in finding accomodation. the flats for students are not always in a good condition due to the fact thta the owners just want to earn money on the students from outside valladolid. but there aren´t any problems with them. as the are in orginimal condition they don´t use to have good heating and modern furniture, but its really enough for staying there for a short periode of time.
it´s very easy to find cheap flats also in the neighbourhood of the university, but you have to spend a lot of time if you want somth in conditions. it helps you arrive the earliest possible because in second half of september the best flats are yet "full".
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geko2000
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
different of price level i could spend more in travelling around with my earnings of everydays life
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Housing, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
the mensa is very cheap and they have quite good food - its cheaper than cooking and you can get to know with many people as nearly everabody goes there
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geko2000
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: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
it was the best and easierst way to learn spanish
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geko2000
Overall
I wish I had known...
that the winters there are very cold (in comparation with the coast) and they don´t have good isolation and heatings in the flats
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
its a very big university but not very famous. as all spanish universities they dont have much ressources for books and infrastrukture.
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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
if you hire a car you can see from mountains to the sea and desert, flat countryside verything. much culture is around this area. and near valladoild there are fine bodegas, where you can get very tasteful homemade wine and food - for quite good price
you have to take the opportunity and travel around.
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Academic
Course recommendations
the system is ar pure class system, where the teacher speaks all the time and the students are copying erverything. the usually dont ask questions and there is no time for discussion. its like in school. the schedule is made by the university for all students, devided into 4 years
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
more discussions, essays or papers elaborated by the students
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
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