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spaz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 15

well, i finally got my plane ticket and everything is starting to feel so real all of a sudden. i'm leaving december 31st from toronto, and arriving in buenos aires january 1st. i really can't believe it. you know when you make a plan and then it all falls into place and works out? i just love it when that happens.
so i guess i just wanted to express my excitement.
and one question: about when do most schools start (what time of year i mean)? i've heard march, but is this pretty standard for all schools, or is this just for regular public schools? i'm assuming i'll be working in a private language school rather than a public school. do private language schools start at different times of year?

and who else is arriving in january??? i know a couple of us have mentioned meeting up when we arrive, which might be nice.

sheena maclean · Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject:

Most business students thru the intistutes start around March, April time. but I wouldn't expect everything to get into full swing till April, May time.
I hope you are saving hard and get lots of cash to bring down here cos you'll need it . I wouldn't recommend coming with less that US$3000, if you want to live comfortably.

spaz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 15

ya. i'm definately saving up. i want to spend the first chunk of time that i'm there seeing the rest of the country before settling down to work in march.

mr gary · Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 12 Location: Bangkok

Yeah, I'll be arriving in BsAs mid Jan. I'm planning on taking a month long Spanish course somewhere, to polish up my non-existant language skills and hopefully meet a bunch of people.

sqwerl · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 72 Location: Buenos Aires

so you are going to be spending new years on a plane?that doesn't sound too fun.

Good luck though!

DAML · Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 17

I'm actually not arriving until Jan. 23 (I think), so I won't be able to share the first few days in Argentina with you. I'm timing my arrival so as to give myself enough time to get to know Buenos Aires a bit, get somewhat settled, have a bit of fun, before starting applications in February. I'm sure everything will be alright though - these things seem to be a bit scary before arriving, but once you get there, you'll be too busy discovering, enjoying yourself to really worry about it, I think...

ElNota · Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Buenos Aires

For those arriving early next, I just posted a thread about a room for rent in Recoleta beginning the 1st of February.

-d

chaquitamaria · Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 20 Location: Buenos Aires

If you need any help when you get here or someone to chat with feel free to pm me. I've been here about two months so there lots of things I don't have figured out, but one thing I do know is that sometimes the first few days can be tough when you're alone.

Suerte.