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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Nightlife: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
To start with some tacos at Villa Santiago,next to school. But the Barrocco or the Barrio are the bests in the old city center.Plaza San Agustín and seeing one of the mercaditos are a must as well for foreigners.
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Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I consider myself as an independent person. And in case of having a job I would prefer to live alone. I need space and freedom to concentrate fully on my tasks.
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Personal comments
It was an average housing, yet in a rather poorer part of the city. But the universtiy had little say in it.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Certain hygenic factors and that the weather can be really cold even in Mexico.As well as more detailed transportation facts.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It is Mexico's best university, and it deserves it's title. In all aspects it's a high-level university.
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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
Women should never get a cab alone in any place of Mexico. Local public transportation is a disaster, but long distance bses are of high quality. Mexicans have a bitter sense of humour, which might offend some foreigners, but nonone should feel offended by their humour.
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Academic
Course recommendations
Books are ardly aviable, and teachers often tend to forget that exchange students came to study not only to sit in silence at their courses.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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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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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
At arriving I knew only two words, and now back in my hometown I teach spanish, so therefore I feel I learned it pretty well. It was an amazing experience, but a hard job as well to learn how to communicate with people from an other culture. Not only the language I had to learn but social and cultural rules and behaviours as well. University helped to et the academic knowledge, while friends and host family to get the rest.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Other
Work opportunities:
It was not legal for me to work
Personal spending habits
I spent more because Monterrey is one of Mexico's expensivest cities. And all in all Hungary is much cheaper then Mexico.
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Food, Overall, Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Shopping for clothes and other such items is much better in southern areas of Mexico. Technical items on the other hand are better and cheaper on the North.
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