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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
all of the places in madrid are not to be missed
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
living in a flat with other students makes you more indipendent and it's better in order to learn easier a language
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Housing, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall, Travel:
was the same price as at home.
Nightlife, Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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Academic
My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
less essays throughout the course
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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...
country language above all and a lot of people from all over the world
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In my opinion:
I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
students of Icade have to be more open minded with international students
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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
it has been a wonderfull experience. I would like to repeat a similar experience! I travelled a lot around the country, I met a lot of people and I larned a lot about foreing cultures.
the only thing I was disapponinted with was the atmosphere about international students at the university
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Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish
How much did you improve your Spanish?
My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
whe I arrived in madrid I couldn't spoken spanish at all but after an year I can say that I'm quite satisfacted about my level of spanish. it was quite difficult the first month but then I was able to speak in any situations.
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