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girija
Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
In order to be fully independent and have more space.
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Personal comments
The reason why I chose Spain as an Erasmus student was because I could not speak a word of Spanish and really wanted to learn the language. The other reason was because I did not know much about the country and the culture. I really enjoyed my stay in Salamanca which is a beautiful city. I got to learn Spanish quite quickly and I loved the culture. It was also a very good opportunity to meet other people and other students from all over the world. The University education in languages was very strict but very good. It was a very good experience!
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Melia D
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, United States
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance<br>
A private grant
Work opportunities:
Personal spending habits
You have to pay for services that are free or cheap at home, like laundry and internet. The food is much cheaper in Spain than the US, and the clubs had no cover charge, so going out was cheap. I traveled more than I do at home, so it was more expensive.
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Overall, Travel, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Food, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Just expect to pay for the services mentioned above. Find restaurants with "el menu del dia," which gives you a several course meal for around $5. Walk places instead of taking taxis. Use the Let's Go Guide for traveling to find cheap hostels. Take out large amounts of money at a time, because your bank charges you a fee each time you withdraw.
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anonymous
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Other
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
Personal savings<br>
Government assistance<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
i spent more for my room, because i had chosen one, which was a bit mor expensive for convinient reasons. the going out area is much mor cheaper than in germany, especially you dont have to pay theentrance mostly. i did not travel a lot, for luck of money, but in comparison with germany, there are no possibility to tavel with spanish people. in germany already exist several organized pages(probably most known:www.mitfahrzentrale.de, where people offer possibilities to travel with from city to city, or they offer to come with somebody
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Housing:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Telephone, Food:
was the same price as at home.
Travel, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
gas heating will cost you a fortune. go for central heating
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Elaine M
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Humanities, Undergraduate, Study abroad program
Overall
I wish I had known...
I do wish my particular program had been longer.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
The Cursos Internacionales Program at La Universidad de Salamanca is a great way to give your Spanish language skills a fast running start or a wonderful boost.
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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
Although this program is geared only for international students, make an effort to meet local students and hang out with them. If not, you will have a tendency to fall into the trap of speaking the universal language of English with the rest of the international students since everyone's Spanish will be at various levels and their English will most likley be stronger.
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Mariana C
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sociology, Undergraduate, University Agreement
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel, Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
If you want you can go out everyday in this down, from Monday to Monday. The thing is you can't produce much during the day if you act like that, so I chose not to. I like going to the cinema, bar de tapas (the best) or just watching a film and having dinner with my friends at home during the week. On Thurday I allow myself to start clubbing and that goes on for two more days. The interesting thing in Salamanca is that, as you can walk everywhere and you don't have to pay to enter the clubs, people usually switch all night long visiting several places in a night. Very different from what happens in my home town, where we have to pick one place to go for the night.
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Laurent T
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Salamanca is simply a beautiful city and has something for everybody. Ancient buildings, friendly people, clean streets.
Every night had its special bars, offering amazing prices. Tuesday and wednesday many bars offered a 'barra libre', which means you can have an 'all you can drink' stamp on your hand for 3 or 4 euros. And then you had the weekend when prices were raised a bit, but were still under the European average.
As Salamanca is located near the middle of Spain, it is really easy to discover the rest of the country by renting a car. Madrid, Sevilla, Lisbon, Porto and Santander are a couple of the numerous cities within reach.
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