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Ankara
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 8:10 am Post subject: Auc housing for Tefl fellows |
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Hello,
I am going to start studying at the AUC as a TEFL fellow this year. I have submitted my application for the on-campus housing but I am not sure what types of rooms are available for the TEFl fellows. Does anyone know if the fellowship covers the housing fee for single and suite single rooms? |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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Mabruk on the Fellowship.
If you were in the US, I would suggest just calling the NYC office and asking them. But, I suspect from your screen name that you are likely in Turkey. Personally, I would invest in a phone call to them or the Cairo campus and ask. We haven't had any current AUC teachers or Fellows here for a long while. A few years back we had a Fellow that was unable to get into the hostel as it was full.
In the past, the Fellowship provided a room in the student hostel or a small stipend. The idea of sharing bathrooms... and living area with a herd of giggling girls mostly from the Gulf, whose sleeping habits held little similarity to my own, held little appeal to me. I took 100% of my stipend (housing allowance and salary) and rented a furnished flat. Then, of course, I had to bring in money to live on for the first year, but by the second year paid all my bills from private lessons.
Now that they have moved out to the new campus, I don't really know what the facilities are like. Surely much better than the old women's hostel in downtown Cairo back in the mid-80s. Cairo should be an even more interesting place to spend the next couple years than it was back in my time.
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Ankara
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you, Veiledsentiments!
You guessed it:) I live in Ankara.
I continued sending e-mails to the university and eventually I was told that the fellowship covers only double rooms. One may choose to get the LE1250 housing allowance and rent a flat downtown, as well (like you did); but as this will be my first time in Egypt, I think I will stay at the dorms at first. I may follow your path afterwards, though.
Ma'salamah... |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 2:48 am Post subject: |
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I wonder what a double room is. A shared bedroom? Or separate bedrooms with a shared "living area." I hope it is with a fellow Fellow and not a Freshman from upper Egypt.
But, I agree that it is a good idea to spend at least the first semester there to get the lay of the land. I was fortunate to be able to pick up the flat of a previous Fellow in my department.
Have fun! Come back and send me a PM as to how it is going.
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Ankara
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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I think it will be a shared bedroom But I had to share a room during my BA and I guess I am kind of immuned to the noise of "a herd of giggling girls" . I have prepared myself for every unpleasant surprise that I may encounter in my first semester but we will see...
I will be able to post more masseges about the AUC and the fellowship when I get there and I will certainly send you a PM.
Take care! |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 2:47 am Post subject: |
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All you need is one more post and then you can send PMs. Do let me know how it goes. I am curious about these living arrangements. In my day, the Fellows did get a private bedroom, but everything else was shared... I was in my late 30's and had never done the "shared living" thing in college or after.
I am also curious as to how the political situation is affecting things. It should be a very interesting time. It is likely a good thing that the campus is no long right on Tahrir Square.
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