<p>Hola!
I wanted to ask if there were any spanish people applying to American universities because I seem to be the only one in my country going through this endless month of March. I am applying to Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Georgetown. I know my chances of admission are almost nil as my SAT's where absolutely RUBBISH (didn't reach 1200 but was close) but I feel that I still have 0,0000001% possibilities of getting in, which after all is something.</p>
<p>Let's hope we all get in wherever we want. However for those who will unfortunately be rejected, I encourage you to come to university in Spain. Here we have great institutions (that's why I am applying only to top American universities) and generally speaking people are nice and welcoming. Besides Madrid and Spain as a whole are beautiful.</p>
<p>Do you know of any English Speaking Undergradguate Universities in Spain? I'll be fluent in Portuguese by the end of my 11th grade, but Portuguese isn't Spanish, and I REALLY want to go to University in Spain! Maybe I'll take a gap year and learn Spanish. </p>
<p>What Spanish Universities are really good?! I'm hoping to study 'International Buissness'</p>
<p>I studied for a year at the Complutense in Madrid and it was a fabulous experience. I would recommend it to everyone!</p>
<p>Spanish and Portuguese spelling and grammar are similar, but the pronunciation is completely different. I think if you follow a summer course in the States or one when you arrive in Spain, that you'll be just fine. I didn't know a word of Spanish before I arrived and now I'm fluent so no worries. Just make sure you make lots of Spanish friends.</p>
<p>"Do you know of any English Speaking Undergradguate Universities in Spain?"</p>
<p>St. Louis University has a branch here in Madrid. The campus is almost inexistent (consists of a couple of buildings) but I'm sure you can do International Business there.</p>
<p>I believe that you should definitively check out Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) and it's E-4 program. You get a degree in International business while spending the first two years in ICADE and the last two years in Northeastern University (Boston). This would be ideal if you are pursuing a carrer in international business. (<a href="http://www.upco.es%5B/url%5D">www.upco.es</a>)</p>
<p>However I don't like rankings, and some people would argue that this one isn't accurate. I wouldn't be able to tell you the Spanish Ivy League's, as there are so many good universities. But regarding business I would say that the best ones are : Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universidad Ramon LLul de Barcelona (ESADE), Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Deusto and Centro de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF)</p>
<p>ICADE and CUNEF are both in Madrid and are extremely well regarded by companies in Spain (I don't know abroad). They're private institutions in the heart of Madrid (that's why their campuses are based on building in the middle of the city with no green areas). I would say that the student body at this two universities is preppy (not saying that in a bad way, just to give you some info). ICADE is a Jesuit institution.</p>
<p>ESADE is in Barcelona and is also extremely prestigious. Besides it has a lot of pretige abroad, more than the other institutions. It's private. I don't know about its exact location but Barcelona is a great city, very liberal and very diverse.</p>
<p>Universidad de Deusto and Universidad de Navarra are probably the private unis outside Madrid (alongside ESADE) that have best reputation. Deusto is in Bilbao and Navarra in Pamplona. They are both catholic (Deusto is Jesuit and Navarra was founded by the Opus Dei). Don't know much about this two but once again: great reputation.</p>
<p>Finally there's Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. It's becoming increasingly prestigious. It's a state university (or public as we call it here) and has excellent modern facilities. You even have a chance to go bilingual and have your degree taught in english. The only drawback is its location. It's in Getafe, a town south of Madrid reachable by the subway and easily accesible by car, but you would still have to wake up quite early to reach class if you live in the centre of Madrid. Let's say it would take you an hour by subway and 20-40 minutes by car. Furthermore it has been very associated with the government and the Socialist party (the party ruling right now) and that rises the question of whether or not you are receiving an unbiased education.</p>
<p>I hope this has been of some help to you. Feel free to ask anything.</p>
<p>I might be a bit biased here because I spent a year at the Complutense, but have a look at this general ranking (taken from El Mundo); Complutense is at the top of the ranking!</p>
<p>I can recommend la Complutense for several reasons: academically and most importantly its location in the centre of Madrid. Juan Carlos III for instance, is very far from the city center in the southern suburbs (very ugly). My cousin studied there for a semester and I think he was happy about the quality but he hated the location.</p>
<p>Madrid is a fantastic city to live in, I honestly had the best time of my life there last year. I think you should go there.</p>
<p>Yeah, if you want to look up Business in EL MUNDO ranking, you just have to go to Administracion y Direccion de Empresas (that's the name of the university degree in Business Administration).</p>
<p>I've got no idea about ESCI but I suppose you can chose whatever language you want. Why don't you call them and ask? I'm sure someone at their office speaks English.</p>
<p>I thought to bring this thread up, because I am considering at doing my undergrad in Barcelona / Madrid and graduate in the U.S. I would looove to study in barcelona, but I'm very worried about the language, I heard 70% of the classes are taught in catalan which I have no clue about! I am considering 2 universities, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Universidad de Barceona (majoring in Political Science). Does anyone have experience about these universities? I would be extremely thankful for any tips :)</p>
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<p>The differences between Spanish and Portuguese are actually smaller than those between Spanish and Catalan for example. The only reason why Spanish-speaking people have trouble understanding Portuguese is precisely that Portuguese pronunciation is indeed quite different and actually far more complex for non-native speakers than that of Spanish. Portuguese vocabulary and grammar are pretty much like Spanish though, except that Portuguese grammar has a few additional complications like the inflected infinitive, the future subjunctive, and the synthetic pluperfect. Contrary to what the previous poster said, I also believe the spelling rules of Portuguese and Spanish differ considerably such that two words that are in principle identical in the two languages may in fact have different spellings, in addition to being pronounced differently. </p>
<p>I would say that, for a native English speaker, Spanish and Portuguese are approximately equivalent in terms of difficulty to learn the language, except that European Portuguese may be slightly harder to learn than Spanish. Colloquial Brazilian Portuguese is much easier though since grammar and spelling are greatly simplified compared to the European variant and the pronunciation is also much simpler, with fewer vowels and diphtongs. In any case, a person who is already fluent in Portuguese should be able to learn Spanish fairly quickly without great effort ( a gap year is more than enough).</p>
<p>how difficult is it to get into Spanish universities? whats the application proccees like? im studying in south america next year and if im pretty fluent (prob. wont be fluent enough, but we'll see...) i might apply</p>