Si j'y retournais je choisirais: Appartement/maison
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Suffolk has aquired some great locations for its dorm/apartments. If I were to do it agian, I would probably want to at least try to see what I could find on my own with some friends because the RA system got a bit irritating at times.
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If you want a no-hassle accomidation in great locations (most are within walking distance to Sol, the main plaza of madrid) Suffolk has that aspect nailed down.
Activités: A lieu principalement à la fac et/ou entre les étudiants
Vie nocturne: A lieu surtout en hors campus
Voyager: A lieu autant sur le campus et en dehors
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Tappa touring in Plaza Mayor is a must at least once. Use Cafe y Te if you want to study, great cafe and always a great atmosphere. Try some of the Jazz Cafes too, they might surprise you. One word of advice, don't get obsessed with clubs, the cafes can be equally as fun.
Let me put it this way, don't go to suffolk for extreme insights into classes. Once in a while you will find a professor that can connect your study abroad experience to studies but unfortunaley thats not the norm. Its not that the classes are useless, just not challenging (although I realise while studying abroad this can be an advantage).
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Intéraction avec les étudiants étrangers
Intéraction avec les étudiants locaux
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Get more professors that work in the real world. The business professors were the exception to the norm and really made me feel I was gaining acedemically from the courses.
That I would want to get away that much and connect with the community more than some of the people. On a positive note the school's travel program far exceeded my expectation
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A mon avis:
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Critères importants pour mon choix (1) Aucune importance – (4) Très important
Raisons académiques
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Culture
4
Frais
3
Activités
3
Vie universitaire
2
Vie sociale / Fête
3
Climat et emplacement
4
Recommandation personnelle
Go for the independant experince, don't go for the school itself.
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Pendant mon expérience à l'étranger j'ai... (1) Jaimais – (4) Très souvent
Appréhendé une autre culture
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Voyagé
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Accru mes compétences linguistiques
4
Rencontré des gens d'autres pays
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Développé mon autonomie
4
Fait la fête
4
Vécu une transformation
4
Amélioré mes possibilités de carrière
4
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As much as I could find falt with some of the people and courses at this campus I did overall enjoy my experience. You will find that the boston people (from Suffolk in boston) tend to draw to each other which made me feel a bit left out a first. I soon found people, not only from the US, but from other countries to hang out with and everything worked out. Suffolk is still perfecting its experience. Sometimes they make small administrative errors which can translate to somewhat large student inconvieniance. Their travel program though is unparalled and the trips they planned were fantastic at showing you the "real" aspect of your destinations. They encourage independant travel which I highly recommend, Not only outside of madrid & Spain but do some daytrips to the outside region (El Escorial & Aranjuez). Best advice in a nutshell: Go expecting to define your own experience. Don't go clubbing every night because everyone else is doing it. Try an early morning at some of the Madrid markets (especially Sunday's El Rastro). With suffolk, you can get caught up in the internal semantics of the school but you do best to try to discover yourself while in Study Abroad.
The cellphone services are way expensive (especially if you are used to the free nights & long distance plans). The nightlife, though it takes up more time than you would usually go out back home, is affordable if you play your cards right.
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Téléphone, Général, Voyager:
Plus cher que chez moi
Logement:
Aussi cher que chez moi
Alimentation, Vie nocturne:
Moins cher que chez moi
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At firsy I was trying to get a bank account oppend in Spain but I just gave up. Use online check pay if you can and An American Express card. That way, you have protection in your travel and ATMs are abbundant EVERYWHERE.
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