{"id":41212,"date":"2026-06-08T08:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cis-spain.com\/en\/?p=41212"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:31:33","slug":"gala-de-pedro-a-transfer-student-thriving-at-cis-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cis-spain.com\/en\/blog\/gala-de-pedro-a-transfer-student-thriving-at-cis-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Gala de Pedro, a Transfer Student Thriving at CIS University"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
By Sebastian Zmuda<\/i><\/b><\/p>
Gala de Pedro, from Madrid, Spain, has been a student at CIS University for a little more than a year. She is in her 3rd year, and doing a <\/span><\/i>Bachelor of Science in Business Management<\/span><\/i><\/a>. She attended the University of Groningen in the Netherlands for a year before transferring to CIS University in Madrid. In this interview, she goes over her experience transferring to CIS University, making it onto the Dean\u2019s List, as well as her reasons for joining the <\/span><\/i>CIS University Ambassadors Program<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p> In this interview, Gala reflects on the differences between each country, their educational systems, their people, and her internship experience at CIS University. During her year in the Netherlands, she looked into the American higher-education system and liked its academic flexibility and the chance to do a semester abroad in the U.S. From there, she found CIS University and another way to achieve her goals.<\/span><\/i><\/p> How was your experience transferring to CIS University from the Netherlands?<\/b><\/p> Well, my experience was actually quite easy. I was studying at a university in the Netherlands, and they helped me transfer all of my credits with no friction at all, which was really nice and helpful.<\/span><\/p> Tell me about your experience as a CIS University Ambassador and why you decided to join the CIS University Ambassadors Program.<\/b><\/p> My time as a CIS University Ambassador has actually been really nice. The program gives us the opportunity to meet a lot of international students. So, it helps us improve our communication skills and make friends from all over the world. That\u2019s why I decided to join; I thought it\u2019d be a good opportunity to actually learn how to communicate with others and how to be helpful to other people.<\/span><\/p> What have you done to land a spot on the Dean\u2019s List? Do you have any advice for other students?<\/b><\/p> I always take notes in class and try to pay close attention and attend class every day. Even though attendance is mandatory, I think it is actually helpful because it motivates all of us to go to class. Every time I return home from school, I organize all of my notes, and then at the end of the week, I review them, so that I am ready for exams and in-class assignments.<\/span><\/p> How would you compare your university experience in Madrid to your university in the Netherlands?<\/b><\/p> The learning style was quite a big change. Here we have a lot of different types of assignments. For example, we have presentations, group work, essays, Excel learning, etc. However, in the Netherlands, assignments were mostly done with a computer, and it was just multiple-choice. Math was online rather than written down. So, that was actually quite a big change in the learning style.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>