Telengana!!! Past Review
By Elise B (Austin College) - abroad from 07/11/2011 to 11/22/2011 with
AIFS: Hyderabad - University of Hyderabad
i learned to let go
Personal Information
| If you took classes at multiple universities, list those universities here: | University of Hyderabad |
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 1 month - 6 months |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
Classes through the school were inconsistent, some were quite easy while others were difficult to incomprehensible |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Our administrator at the time was sick and mildly inaccessible; she also had difficultly following through with agreed upon requests; over all though a very nice woman |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
It was a dorm; the constant strikes made something difficult but generally an expected surrounding |
| * Food: |
again, dorm food, but they put a lot of effort into making to diverse and tasty |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
i took mostly direct enrollment classes, and explored the city independently, so had more exposure than some, but the population is just not conducive to comfortably including foreigners of my coloring |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
they were readily discusses, beginning, middle, and end of the program |
| * Safety: |
again, readily and regularly discusses |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
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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) |
traveling outside the city is cheap; inside it is expensive |
| * 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? | very little, we were served three meals a day |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | travel in groups and go by train, buy tickets early |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
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How much did the program encourage you to use the language?
0 = No encouragement, 5 = frequent encouragement to use the language |
it was not the local language spoken |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Beginner |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | advanced, but of different languages |
| How many hours per day did you use the language? | |
| Do you have any tips/advice on the best ways to practice the language for future study abroad participants? | hindi is not the local language, if they want language practice that would to telegulu |
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? | things about myself, and what i can deal with |
