Fun Math in Budapest Past Review
By Cornelia M (Math, Wellesley College) for
BSM: Budapest - Budapest Semesters in Mathematics
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
Absolutely
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* Overall educational experience
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* Host Country Program Administration
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* Housing:
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
We went to a very interesting talk in Szeged. |
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* Health Care:
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| 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) |
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| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | up to $40 on food, usually more like $25, just go to grocery stores and don't eat out to often. I rarely had any personal expenses, maybe up to $7 for toiletries or the like. |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | NA |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | Beginner |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | No previous classes. |
| Language acquisition improvement? |
Professors although this was rare. In general anywhere around Budapest. |
Other Program Information
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