Trip of a Lifetime Past Review
By A student (University of Kentucky) - abroad from 05/26/2012 to 06/23/2012 with
Adelante: Edinburgh - Equine Summer Program in Scotland
It was very worthwhile.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | None |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
The classes just aren't on a comparable level with our college classes here in the states, but for those who have never had an equine class it could be fairly challenging. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
I loved all of the professors and instructors, and personnel of the college. |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
We frequently got locked out by housekeeping, and had issues with hot water. |
| * Food: |
The college food was bland, standard cafeteria food. Nothing to brag about, but we lived off it. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
The Scottish students who were there were very welcoming, and it was easy to go into town and everyone there was friendly and kind as well. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
I always felt very safe, and with the horses they were very serious about health and safety protocols |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
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Finances
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* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?
(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost) |
Taxi's got expensive, and trains, and the 20 percent tax pushed things up a bit. But if you never converted it to dollars, you never knew. |
| * Was housing included in your program cost? | Yes |
| * Was food included in your program cost? | Yes |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | $100 |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | No |
Other Program Information
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* Where did you live?
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* Who did you live with?
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* Who did you take classes with?
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| About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? |
A Look Back
| * What did you like most about the program? |
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| * What could be improved? |
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | How little adelante prepared us for the program. And what to wear. |
