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Jorge D
Overall
I wish I had known...
To know better the local language
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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
To improve in the quality of some courses and to be ready when problems from the administration have taken place
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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
To know a new country, language and people from a lot of countries is a real experience, wonderful. The local people were good in general, some better than others. But, in general, there were no big diferences in culture between mine and portuguese, but more than i expected
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Academic
Course recommendations
To know the language and try to make a very good choice of the subjects
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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: Portuguese
Was learning Portuguese a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my Portuguese
How much did you improve your Portuguese?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It was so great to me cause i started to improve two languages, english and portuguese, thanks to the people from other countries and the local people. Grateful experience
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Food, Housing, Overall, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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Housing
Type of housing: residence of students
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because of the freedom you get when you are in your own apartment instead of the neccesity of arranging and cleaning your stuffs. It makes you mature
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Personal comments
They helped me since the beginning, offering me the choice of 2 diferents residences and i didn´t have any problem
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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
people should know the nightlife of madrid...amusement..The landscapes and coffee of Portugal (the hole country) and the life in Nederlands, so diferent..but the best place to stay, a little town in the north of Spain, Brañosera in the region of Palencia...the most beautiful place ever..Basketball and football are my favourite sports
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