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Internships in Madrid - Adelante Abroad

By Gwen de Graaf on 07/20/2017

Ratings

Overall

Growth: 4

Support: 4

Fun: 4

Housing: 5

Safety: 5

Review

I initially got in contact with Adelante because of a lack of graduate student internships offered in my Master's program. When I heard that they had so many different types of internships, specifically a dedicated translation internship (I'm currently getting my M.S. in translation) I decided I had to take the leap and just go for it.

I had really wanted to live abroad again but wanted to experience Europe this time and on my own terms (I studied in Buenos Aires, Argentina during undergrad). Madrid is an absolutely amazing city, I would 100% come back here. Adelante took care of all the housing and internship placement which was SO nice. My apartment was much bigger than the apartment I have back home and it was in the perfect location.

Although I was initially hesitant about why I had to attend Spanish classes at the language school I was really glad the 2 weeks were required. The teachers were all really nice and just tried to get us talking while teaching us in a very practical manner.

I know from experience how hard it can be to find reputable international internships, I get it. Honestly, I got so lucky that I found Adelante. They did all the planning, apartment-hunting, interviewing and arrangements for me so that I could focus on just enjoying my experience. The internship was great, I learned so much and now I have something truly impressive to put on my resume when I get home. If you want a truly unique summer experience and a rigorous internship, Adelante is for you.

Year Completed

2017

Private Note to Provider (optional)

The one thing that I didn't love about Spain was having to deal with Aluni. I found their employees to be quite rude. When I first arrived I couldn't get my apartment's front door open and so I had to call the "emergency number" and the woman basically got angry at me for waking her up on a Saturday morning. She said the earliest she could get there was 3 hours from then (thankfully someone let me in before then). Plus they never responded to half of our requests for things in our apartment to be fixed and now I've been having trouble filling out the departure checklist (there is a technical glitch with my profile on their website), and they say I won't get my deposit back until it's done. The apartment was huge and my room was great but the company itself was not.