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fisharrock
Overall
I wish I had known...
That it isn't always hot in Mexico!
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It's a fantastic campus with amazing facilities. The catering is excellent and the landscaped gardens are very impressive. However, it is definitely a uni for Mexican rich kids, and doesn't really show the true Mexico. I think living off-campus is a much better idea as you experience Mexco much more and can also have more fun, as the rules on campus are very strict!
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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
Allow yourself at least a few months after your courses end to travel further afield in Mexico as it's a massive country. Try to make it to Guatemala if you can as it's like Mexico in a lot of ways, but cheaper and less touristy.
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Georgia M
Overall
I wish I had known...
Get involved from day one as the semester goes very fast.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
I would recommend UDLA very strongly. It caters well for International students, offers good support for those students who are not ready for Mexico outside the university walls, teaches subjects in English, has a good name and is well located for travel.
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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
Mexico is a great country full of so many contrasts. Puebla has a large Spanish influence so it is beautiful architecturally and quite conservative. The university is in Cholula, which is close to Puebla. It is a small town dominated by the university. It has a lost of history and culture as well.
Beware of Moctezuma's Revenge, it is not fun (especially when you have to spend a day with a drip in your arm for rehydration)
Cultural differences are huge and the longer your stay the more you realise there is so much more to learn. ie put your loo paper in the bin not the toilet, being a vegetarian is pretty hard- specify every possible type of flesh you do not want in your meal when you order ie I want a meal without pork without beef without chicken without fish, or the juice of any of these..., when you are told manana expect whatever to happen later not nescessarily tomorrow, and 8pm usually means 10pm if you want to meet people.
Most of all ENJOY and do not get to phased by everything, the culture is different but brilliant and colourful.
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Celia D
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I wish I had known...
Really take advantage of the first week of classes when you can change your course options without having to pay for the courses you drop (called "altas y bajas"). I wish I had "shopped around" more, as a couple of my classes were not at all interesting or challenging and once the first week had passed I was stuck with them for a whole semester (which is much longer than a uni term in the UK).
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
In a way the downside to UDLA is how international it is. The Mexican students are friendly, but many can't really be bothered to make friends with the foreign students in their classes (which you can't blame them for given that most foreign students only stay one semester). This is why I would recommend living in the university halls. I spent my whole time at UDLA with Mexicans because from the start I made a massive effort to get to know my roommates and their friends.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
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Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
There's lots of help available to international students; I think UDLA is a good university to choose if you have never been abroad for an extended period before. However, it is claustrophobic - with its amazing grounds and facilities UDLA doesn't give you a real idea of what Mexico, or even Puebla, is like. I would recommend doing some travelling at weekends and trying to make as many Mexican friends as possible, if you want to get the most out of your time in this fantastic country.
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“En la Universidad de las Américas -UDLAP-, los Estudios son interconectados”
Marilupe C
Mexico, Graduate
, 1993
Overall
Mi licenciatura fue en Humanidades y desde el principio hice especialidad en Artes. Mis cursos se orientaron a entender el ARTE desde el concepto de geografía, historia, literatura, economía. Así si estudiaba el Arte del MEXICO... seleccionaba cursos alrededor de los mismos tiempos históricos : Literatura mexicana desde el siglo XVI hasta el presente, , Introducción a la Economía de Mexico , Guerras y conflictos bélicos ocurridos en México . Para reforzar el conocimiento podía seleccionar talleres de redacción y composición. De esta forma , el estudio era un deleite pues descubría cómo los fenómenos sociales repercutían en la hechura de objetos del arte, novelas, pinturas, teatro, cine.
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Pros
Multicultural, bilingüe, selección de horarios, excelentes instalaciones deportivas, Bibliotecas especializadas, tiene el mejor campus de todo MÉXICO
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James G
Overall
I wish I had known...
More background knowledge. My trip was arranged last minuete.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
UDLA is right in the shadow of Popcatapetal (but within a safe distance!). The view is awesome, particularly first thing and at sunset. The people, local and international students aswell as local people, are some of the friendliest you could ever meet.
The teaching was, without wanting to sound like a geek!, was first class.
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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 can't recomend UDLA and Mexico highly enough. Only one negative, be very careful indeed in Mexico City.
Places to visit, Monte Alban which is just outside Oaxaca was the best, Teotihucan, Palenque, snorkeling/ scuba diving in Cozumel, the Cervatinos festival in Guanajuato was one of the best weekends in my life, Puerto Escondido, the view at the top of Tore Latinoamerica in Mexico City, the Canon del Sumidero to name a few.
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Julia W
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
due to lower income, almost everything is cheaper compared to European prices. Buying local food products is definetely cheaper than buying the brand (if available at all) that you are used from home.
Housing depends on your choice of living, sharing an apartment can be cheapier, but a dorm or the family option is much easier and more safe (burglary!)
Travelling by bus is quite cheap. There are hardy any train stations, but first class buses (very high standard) will bring you to almost every destination in Mexico. When you are lucky you can even get a cheap flight within the country.
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Housing, Nightlife, Overall, Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
mobile phones are easy to get and cheap. at some point you will need a mobile when there is no telephone around available
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