Universidad de Sevilla (US)

ABSOLUTELY TAKE ADVANTAGE of learning the other language and travelling to where you can.

Ban smoking from inside the school! Make sure there is someone at the school that English-speaking students can communicate with!

- (more) information about the host university + courses.. (actual information!)

- don't choose just the courses from Economics... attend also courses in the main university!!! :) because the real student-life-feeling is just there.. the university of economics.. isn't very big and the building is very ... spartanous and ugly?!... the old and interesting one is the main university!!! :)

i wish i knew other people who were already here, to make it easier te integrate in student life.

give more practise and less theory

When I first got there, I lived w/a single woman who was very nice. But I did not like the accomodations or feeling like I had to be home for all meals or call if I wasn't going to be there. I felt like my freedom was a bit restricted. A couple of people I was on the program with like living w/their families, though. I saw their accomodations-they were better than mine.

I took all of my course at the actually university. I took two courses under Cursos para extranjeros which is the closest you will get to taking courses with regular spanish students if your spanish level isnt high enough. you take these courses with other americans and its in spanish taught by professors from the univeristy. I also enrolled in 2 regualr university courses with spanish students. If your level of spanish is very advanced they are very worthyour time. be prepared to do no work all semester and then study like hell to take exams. The classes arent hard as most people said. You just need to keep on top of independant reading. I did all the reading int eh last month of school i was ok.

Be prepared to deal with the lack of resources availabe in the public library and the univeristy library. there are about 50 books.

Telephone was more expensive because it is significantly more expensive to use a cell phone in Spain than it is to use one in the States. Nightlife was slightly more expensive only because I was willing to spend more. If I were on more of a budget, I could have spent less and still had fun.