ABOUT: ME, MY FRIENDS AND MY TWO UNIVERSITIES

I’m Natalia Zapata and I study English at Universidad de Playa Ancha, the first 2 years I studied at Upla Campus San Felipe, but I had to transfer because of money problems. In San Felipe I met such amazing people who became my best friends. I met Mayte and her husband Ricardo and she introduced me to all her family, they are all really kind to me, I’m also friends with Vanesa with one “S” (as she said) who at the beginning I  thought it was a bit weird with all of her germens phobia but then I started to like her and it was somewhat funny, Magda was the first person to talk to me and we also became friends, Carlita she is the nicest person you could ever meet, she would always try to make you  feel that you are better than the rest and she is always smiling and laughing. I almost forgot Yanara, but she was transferred to Upla Valparaiso too, so I don’t miss her.

People from Valparaíso and San Felipe are really different, an example would be that when someone new arrives to classes in San Felipe the students are really welcoming, they would start asking questions like your name and stuff like that. People at Valparaíso are not interested in getting to know; it would take them time to notice you are there. Eventually they would speak to you but it will take them some time.

Another difference between San Felipe and Valparaíso is the amount of people. In San Felipe everything is small, if you have to go and do some errands you can just do it during the break, but in Valparaíso you would just have to wait to all of your classes finish and go to what seems to be another university. And then you would have to queue for hours. But as in San Felipe there are not a lot of people so you may wait, but not as much as in Valparaíso.

Studying at San Felipe is better than studying at Valparaíso, according to my experiences, because everything and everyone is friendly there and that can make you give the best of you and get good grades, whereas in Valparaíso you would have to become strong and independent.