You've just arrived?

If you are someone who was undecided, pending a note of an exam or test access, and have not been clear until the last moment if you'd come to study in Barcelona, ​​and you just got here, do not worry, from Barcelona Residences we think of you and we have created this little survival guide with tips for students who have just arrived to study in Barcelona.

Get the legal procedures that must be done during your first days. Depending on your country of origin and the type of studies that are going to take this year, you will need either a visa, or register in the Central Register of Foreigners which will give you a certificate of registration and ID number Foreigner (NIE). However, the secretariat of any center or at the point of welcoming foreign students in your study center, and you inform you deliver documentation to fill according to your case.

Explore the surroundings. Both, the campus of your new study center, so you  will have to know how to use public transportation and how long it will take each day as your student residence in Barcelona, ​​since the neighborhood where it is located , so will become your new neighborhood and you namely, at least, where the nearest pharmacy is, the most convenient and cheaper supermarket and  the gym or park where you go to practice your favorite sport.

Integrate quickly. If you've been the last to arrive, perhaps groups are already formed; does not matter! Be yourself, observe who are more similar to you and tell you just got here, sure are willing to increase the group; takes the opportunity to ask the class notes to which you did not come, and invite them to meet your wonderful student residence in Barcelona. They will regret not having chosen accommodation where they can feel at home!

Plan&Plan. When you play at a disadvantage, in this case because you're late, there is no better option than planned to make up for lost time and catch up. Check out the subjects that have already begun planning and catch up time you will devote until you reach normal rhythm. Also, plan your leisure time and take the opportunity to discover the many options offered by a city like Barcelona.

And especially not procrastinate, or what is the same, do not think for being late you can still leave important things for later and nothing happens. If you have trouble leaving behind summer days without obligations and habits, it's as easy as doing something for 21 consecutive days, on 22, the habit back to you!