Université Paris IV Paris - Sorbonne

Note: most people who claim to have studied at "Paris IV" in fact took the language course, which is not a university course but rather a separate department in the same building. French grammar classes were offered to the pupils who did worst in the initial French test; I received none, then, having done better than the bottom half of students.

Travel whenever you can: your workload will be extensive if you're actually studying at the university (most of the people here seem not to have, having instead studied for the language course). The language course makes you practise your French, and does not require that you spend great amounts of time in the university; studying as an Erasmus student will give you a great amount of academic experience, you'll hone your essay technique, but you will have less time for other things.

Buy a carte Imagine-R (the student rail pass): it costs half the price of a carte orange. Get it as quickly as possible. Shop at Monoprix if you have money, or Leader Price if you don't. I hate Franprix.

Fine. I was in the Italian house, which is the most expensive. Nice building, but rather insular atmosphere; not always the case I'm told.

Going out at night with a bottle of wine to the pont des arts is always nice. Likewise the Seine. Hanging out in summer is cool. Lots of good places for dancing, but alcoholic drinks cost a bomb. You can't go out and get drunk if you want to have money left over.