An emotional roller coaster that I'll never forget Past Review

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

This school was incredibly disorganized. They brought it outside teachers so it was very difficult to meet with them outside of class. Their website is extremely outdated and difficult to use. We were told that classes could be cancelled or scheduled daily, so we had to check our online schedules every night to see if we had class the next day. The French students in my class were very disruptive and were rarely punished for that.

On-site administration of your program

The international advisors at this school were wonderful. Besides that, administration was a mess. It seemed that no one ever had the answers to my questions and they would just tell you to ask someone else, who would tell you to ask someone else, etc.

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

I lived in the Residence Arquebuse. I would never suggest this residence to international students. The building needed many updates. For the first month (January), my room was freezing. When we had one big rain storm, part of the ceiling in the kitchen fell through. Our power went out three separate times throughout the semester. Once, it went out on the weekend and our building manager refused to come help fix it. Our building manager in general was very rude and not helpful. She spoke zero english.

Not sure if this is asking about the food in France or the food at our school. If it's referring to the food in France, that was obviously great. As far as our school, there were no dining options except for a few vending machines. There were some restaurants near the school, but nothing directly associated with it.

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

The cultural integration club (Melting Potes) was very helpful. Had lots of events planned for the international students. French students in general, though, were not very open to meeting us.

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

I did not have any issues, so no complaints.

I felt that Dijon was a very safe city. Never felt unsafe, even at night. There was one incident when a boy in my building looked in on me while I was showering. My building manager just wanted to move him to another floor, so I had to get an international advisor to come to my building and help me communicate with her that he needed to leave. That was the only time I really felt unsafe.

The school was horribly organized & I couldn't want to be done with it. I loved Dijon but it was often overcast or rainy. I would've liked to have had better weather.

(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost)

Realistically, if you want to travel while abroad you are going to spend over $100 a week. I spent over $1,000 per month that I was there. It's definitely in each student's best interest to save up as much money as possible if they want to travel and live comfortably. I believe the cost of living in Dijon is higher than some other locations, though, such as Spain or Italy.

0 = No encouragement, 5 = frequent encouragement to use the language

I took a beginners French class and my teacher only spoke French, so we obviously had no choice but to speak it.

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