Université Paris IV Paris - Sorbonne

First, student housing is a fairly foreign concept in Paris and so the facilities are very limited. Second, although it is difficult to live completely on one's own in a foreign country, one learns so much about that country: how to shop, cook, deal with bills, government, etc.

i prefer to live with other people in a house and to meet the people. i think i'll have many friends and i can be more mature.

My courses were so challenging because they were niveau A and therefore centered mainly on literary analysis and language history and not so much on grammar and vocabulary. If you want to be in the Cours de Civilisation francaise and you want a well-rounded "education" make sure to follow the conferences on art history and literature because you are not guaranteed to have those disciplines emphasized in your language classes.

A host or home university should provide extra funding or better access to computers if students are unable to bring their own. I would have liked to have met more french students, however the international setting at this particular school of the Sorbonne was eye-opening and completely shaped my experience. The phonetics class changed my french forever.