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4.16 / 5 based on 63 reviews
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
share an apartment w/ Spanish students though, to improve language skills and integration
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Personal comments
international relations office arranged accommodation for me. they even picked us up from the airport!
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, 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
La Lonja absolutely the best place for students to go. Paseo Maritimo is fancier - many rich Germans owning big boats
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Academic
Course recommendations
language used (Castellano or Catalan) depends on teacher's choice. for geography limited choice of courses, especially for human geography.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
catalan language barrier was preventing me from reaching academic level in studies
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
what date courses started. we arrived a month early...
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
If you are willing and able to learn Catalan - you won't have any problem. If you go because you want to learn Spanish - go some place else
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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
Mallorca is great! Great weather, great outdoors, great hiking possibilities. Nightlife is good, it's not expensive to live. The number of tourists may drive you crazy sometimes but you can easily avoid them. Great place to study tourism!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Well, I guess because it IS cheaper in Spain than in the Netherlands...
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Telephone, 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
Personal comments
become a resident of Mallorca! Show your apartment contract to sign in. You get great discount to travel to the mainland of Spain, either by plane or by boat.
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Languages
Language of instruction: Catalan
Was learning Catalan a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your Catalan?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Did not speak it
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
university uses Catalan language. On Mallorca you can get around in Spanish. Teacher would refuse to speak Spanish in his class, therefore I wasn't able to understand, unfortunately. Catalan is an impossible language, I'm afraid.
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