Universidad del Salvador (USAL)

I met people in the youth hostel that were in the same situation. Lateron we rented an appartment together.

It has to be considered that when I went there the country was still 1=1 with the Dollar. That was when Bs As was as expensive as New York. everything costed more than at home. After the economic meltdown and evaluation in November 2001 the country became more cheap that my country of study (netherlands).

Take spanish courses so you will definitely meet the other exchange students. A good opportunity to build up social contacts, as locals mostly have their social environment and do not interact as much with the exchangers.

More help with making study material available to exchange students. Hard to copy all necessary books and often misssed important material.

One can easily meet other exchange students through the foreign office at school. There are activities and in the Spanish class you will meet people in the same situation. Very important: The exchange program that some universities have with Universidad del Salvador= inform whether they have it with your school or whether they can build it up. In that case you will have housing arranged, food in the cantine and maybe a grant. Makes things a lot easier.

You should be independent and easily to meet people. Because the local students do not interact that much with exchangers. You will have to contact people. The exchange students are quite open-minded and easily to access.