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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
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
plaza de sol, plaza real,corre foc, and all the holidays.
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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?
you learn to manage your own household and living with other people is a growing experience
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Personal comments
the dorms provided for the first month were awful, the food, the rooms, blah.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
I worked, but it was illegal/cash in hand work
Personal spending habits
i spent more money going out because i had more opportunities to go out and see stuff, same for travel.
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Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
learn the money quick, it feels like play money for a while
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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
i did not know any catalan and now i understand a lot because of watching television and listening to music, i knew spanish before i came, i just got better.
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Amanda D
Overall
I wish I had known...
what to bring and where to hang out.
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
meet with the professors, go out of your way to meet people and study with them.
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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
pack minimal things for everything, and make sure you know the number for emergencies
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Amanda D
Academic
Course recommendations
try out as many as you can, some are taught in catalan so you have to check, and the professor may decide to teach in catalan.
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