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3.93 / 5 based on 31 reviews
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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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Mexican spanish is a bit different than the spanish we can speak in Spain. But finally the language is not very difficult at all.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
Government assistance
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Housing:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone, Overall, Travel, Nightlife, Food:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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Overall
I wish I had known...
How the city loked like !!! Hermosillo is awful !!! It is in the middle of the desert and the temperature is around 45 6 months of the year from march to september... Don not expect to find typical mexican villages here, Mexico is not here, Hermosillo is 400 kilometres from the USA. ID you want to discover Mexico, go more in the south : Guadalajara, Oaxaca....
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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
Come with money for traveling!
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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
Do not expect to find typical Mexico here. Hermosillo has a lot of american influence. It is an awful city although the people here are really open minded, helpful, friendly... Come here with money to be able to travel to the US, and to the south of Mexico. But do not come here to study, the University levels are really bad...
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Academic
My academic experiences
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Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
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Essays and/or projects at the end of course
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: With a family
Why?
As I am in the same house as the two other french students in exchange with me, I will definitely choose to live in a family if I have to come back because it is better to improve in the foreign language.
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Personal comments
Accomodation is pretty good, it's clean, although the city is really all dirty and awful.
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife, Travel, Activities: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
There is not a lot of place for night clubing, and the good places are only the ones where everybody just has to go because there is only two or three discotheques... in the city.
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